Abstract
Niue knowledge is powerful, valuable and vast. More and more tau tagataNiue (people ancestrally connected to Niue) are making space in academia and putting Niue at the centre of their research practice. It is vital to engage in generative and critical discussions about what Niue knowledge is and how tau tagata Niue practice, perceive and experience Niue knowledge. Reclaiming and celebrating Niue-centred knowledge in spaces for community and academics requires more scholarly attention. Scholarship must rise to meet Niue knowledge where and how it exists. As tau tagata Niue living and working across Niue and Aotearoa New Zealand, we use this paper to record our respective understandings and experiences of learning, teaching and sharing Niue knowledge and our collaborative work in organising two Niue knowledge gatherings. We reflect on the Matala e Toume symposium that took place in T & amacr;maki Makaurau Auckland, December 2022, and the Matala e Toume conference in Niue, November 2024. We detail how these two gatherings of Niue people, research and practice connected elder and younger generations and enabled creative and critical discussions of Niue knowledge.