Settlements around Solomons capital lack power, running water and sanitation.

Kiwi Matthew Davison pitched the idea of getting photos of the inside of the crater.

If you are on a budget there are less-expensive joys to be found, writes Isobel Marriner.

Group savings scheme enables villagers to not only pay for day-to-day

Solomons' sole refuge at frontlines of fight to eliminate gender-based violence in world where woman rank below dogs.

In PNG studies show up to 67 per cent of women are the victims of violence.

The 42nd ASB Polyfest kicks off in Manukau this morning.

First impressions are of an idyllic paradise. But it soon becomes obvious that this village is living barely one step ahead of hand to mouth

Leaving home is the only option for many as the atoll faces the same fate as five islands that have already disappeared.

Young Samoan gang members sent back to their home country from New Zealand in a bid to straighten them out, are instead starting gangs there.

Some 60 per cent of Papua New Guinea's population live in areas where malaria is endemic.

A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.

The sisters are a big deal in their village nicknamed the "Golden Village" for the success of the local weightlifters.

Simon Day looks at how sport can help people out of poverty.

The three little pigs were part of a World Vision economic development project.

Villagers in PNG are changing their own lives, with the assistance of World Vision, reports Clarke Gayford.

Instilling the importance of nutritious food in families is helping improve health in communities blighted by overcrowding.

In the remote Barai village in Madang province, teacher Louis Kumana worries about his school's attendance rate.

International Woman's Day finds efforts to modernise traditional practices improving grim statistics around maternal mortality.

Early in the morning, Jennifer left her village, in the isolated, mountainous province of Malaita and began her journey, alone, to have her baby.

Thousands of boaties swapped their old lifejackets for new in a Coastguard safety scheme.

Each day we report on a particular problem for the Pacific, showcasing how World Vision has helped. Today, fishing to survive.

Clarke Gayford and Mike Scott visit isolated communities in Papua New Guinea as part of a World Vision fundraiser and find scenes straight out of a horror movie.

Memorials and the skeletons of World War II armaments abound in the Solomon Islands, writes Emma Kemp.

Just one thing going wrong had a devastating effect on an entire village in Papua New Guinea.

The people of Rarata village in the Solomon Islands were walking up to 7km every day to quench their thirst.

In the village of Hanuabada, children swim among soiled nappies and unsafe water kills. But there is hope.

The Herald's latest appeal with World Vision will help our Pacific neighbours.

Hastings has congratulated its largest number of newly officiated New Zealand citizens just as Statistics New Zealand released population projections stating Hawke's Bay would grow steadily over the next 30 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

French sailors Jean-Pierre and Paulette van Hille have returned to Tauranga after 20 years to continue their long love affair with New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.