It is the second fatal attack in the South Pacific territory in six months.

Fiji has 333 islands. Some are large, some small - sticking up like green molars in a Listerine sea, each with its own smile of beach.

Tonga's internet-breaking Olympic flag-bearer is ready to tread the catwalk tonight as part of the inaugural Pacific Fusion Fashion Show.

Whether you want to live it up, chow down, take the heat or just chill, Port Vila has what you want, writes Shandelle Battersby.

Small developing states in the Pacific have traditionally relied on imports of fossil fuels.

Tired of the flop and drop? Stephanie Holmes finds some memorable adventures for your next tropical getaway.

For the first time in three years, lava from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has crept down kilometres of mountainside and is dripping into the Pacific Ocean.

Pacific MPs are coming under pressure from former All Blacks to vote against changes to Easter trading laws.

Maria de Jong saddles up with with Wayne and trepidation for a plantation trek.

The Northland B rugby team will take on the Manu Samoa A team in a game at Toll Stadium, Whangarei, tonight. The match kicks off

Kris Shannon explores Fijian islands with plenty of reasons to make you stay.

Want more from your island holiday than just fly 'n' flop? Stephanie Holmes finds some memorable music festivals.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys a day of thrilling adventures on - and under - the water.

Stephanie Holmes suggests some great ways to combine a Pacific Island getaway with a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Two resorts, 10 days, many highlights. Tessa Stockdale has one tough assignment.

Australian couple's out-of-the-box idea sparks a global ticket-selling frenzy.

Shandelle Battersby gets down and dirty on Vanuatu's main island and has a fabulous time.

A tranquil lodge on a beach with spectacular sunsets makes for the perfect island getaway, writes Sue Baxalle.

The annual KaiNiue festival promises guest chefs, cooking masterclasses and cultural community food events, writes Stephanie Holmes.

Five reasons to visit Samoa with a teenager by Helen van Berkel.

Tim Roxborogh stays at a former haunt of Somerset Maugham and James Michener.

A New Zealand holidaymaker has told of how he stumbled across a human head on a Fiji tourist beach.

Take your tastebuds on holiday too when you explore the Pacific, writes Leila George.

It was the wettest holiday I can remember. It was as wet as a shag, a wet week, a wet bus ticket nearly all the time and it couldn't have come at a better, wetter time.

We don't need to tell you that July in New Zealand is a weather bomb.

The Samoan Prime Minister says he is "appalled" over the decision of a local newspaper to publish a photograph of a suspected suicide victim in her final moments.

Outrage has erupted in Samoa after a national newspaper published a photograph on its front page of a dead transgender woman.

If you need cinematic inspiration for booking an escape to warmer climes, check out a Pacific-based film.

What a pleasant surprise that golf, not surfing, has given me the greatest insight into the Hawaiian spirit.

Nautilus, at the top end of Muri Beach, is one of the newer luxury resorts on the island.