Niue is a small island developing state in the South Pacific, in free association with New Zealand. Freedom of movement between the two nations has resulted in a transnational negotiation of what Niueans say it means to be Niuean. This negotiation has in large part been enabled and supported by digital media and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In this thesis I seek to understand how digital media is shaping the negotiation and construction(s) of Niuean identities, utilising a multi-sited ethnographic approach that explores the transnational contexts that these transpire. It examines the interwoven factors involved in building ?nation? and maintaining ?cultural identity,? shaped by agendas and anxieties around ?preservation,? which I demonstrate occurs both on- and off-line. Throughout this thesis I introduce the concept of digital transnationalism as a new lens to understand how digital media are changing people?s ability to create and maintain connections (although from a distance) and to negotiate notions of ?being? versus ?belonging? to the physical and ephemeral spaces of Niuean identity. I explore the implications of these concepts and processes.