"The presence of our staff is to ensure everyone's safety on the night."

Brianna Randall gets a taste for the adventurous life on Tonga.

Dances based on personal experience show harsh realities but also hope, Raewyn Whyte says.

Pacific Dance Festival opener heralds arrival of breath-taking new NZ dance collective.

Family also preparing to tell the couple's orphaned son his parents won't be coming home.

The Air Force has been tasked to rescue a Norwegian sailor off the coast of New Zealand.

The story of Banaba Island, told at the Pacific Dance Festival, is likely to shock

It was the voyage to break the record for the world's deepest ocean dive.

Antonio Guterres called on youth to "be as noisy possible" until leaders listen to them.

Tributes continue for actor Pua Magasiva who died suddenly this weekend.

Power, P cooks and profit. The evolution of meth changed the criminal underworld forever.

Anendra Singh challenges himself in the forests and ocean of New Caledonia.

Inside the plans for Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford's wedding.

Scoria blocks found at three sites in NZ traced to a volcanic island near Tahiti.

Whanganui trio Lucas Thompson, Jack Clifton and Sophie Brooke on international kayak duty

The Cook Islands are returning to a pristine state, writes Mark Stratton.

Business school with 76 students closed after passing students who should have failed.

Before Lisa Clark died aged 40, she told her dad: 'I don't want to be forgotten'.

Today's top news: remembrance service held in Christchurch, racism blamed for NZ deaths.

Avoidable death rates for Māori and Pacific a travesty, NZ Medical Journal says.

Remembrance service must focus on the Muslim community, says Jacinda Ardern.

Sir Ray Avery's LifePod incubators voluntarily delayed in India for extra checks

Cruising amid the Hawaiian islands has something for all the family, writes Andrew Louis.

No place here for kids club, writes Tracey Bond.

Vanuatu has a new eye clinic and the country's first permanent eye doctor.