Niue's scariest inhabitants are also utterly non-threatening, writes Andrew Louis.

Andrew Louis captured this striking - and highly venomous - fellow while snorkelling off the west coast of Niue.

Amelia Wade finds Samoan magic starts at her fale's door.

Andrew Louis works up a sweat amid rugged scenery.

Prue Scott watches the fiery sunset from the peak of Honolulu's White Mountain.

Holiday-makers are being warned to make sure they have travel insurance before jet-setting to the Pacific after one insurance company says it paid out over $340,000 in medical evacuations alone.

Waikiki Beach is one of the best places to learn to surf, writes Michael Burgess.

Pam Neville follows the Mob to a pristine piece of Fiji.

Pamela Wade embarks on a high-octane inland safari through Taihiti.

After many visits over 20 years, Peter Hamling finds a new attraction in Fiji.

The facts around rising sea levels are widely misunderstood or misinterpreted.

Paul Rush gets some deep sea action outside the Rarotonga reef.

The story from NZ that received the most international play this week was: NZ rejects climate change refugee. Kooky. But his effort to gain asylum here because of the impact of climate change in Kiribati is more a harbinger than an oddity.

Jennifer Ennion savours the rare wildlife and mythic scenery of the South Pacific.

Honeymooners, if you’re looking for a romantic destination to relax after the flurry of your big day, you can’t beat an overwater bungalow in Tahiti.

Scott Kara takes his family to Fiji's Coral Coast where they experience two extremes of island life.

In Rome, do as the Romans do - in Samoa embrace Fa'a Samoa, the Samoan way of life. And that means Vailima.

A man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he's a refugee suffering not from persecution, but from climate change.

Pamela Wade reminds us what to do when an illegal hitch-hiker comes home with us from an overseas trip.

Paul Rush takes a cruise to Vanuatu for a rare insight into a true subsistence culture.

Twenty-nine weeks into a high pressure new job, Belinda Henley was dreaming of warm sands, blue waters and cocktails overflowing with tropical fruit.

Ben Crawford finds Denarau Island is the perfect destination for a fly and flop winter treat.

Relocation is a dirty word at the Pacific Islands Forum.

Paul Rush follows one family's visit to the ancestral homelands of Hawaiki, the birthplace of Polynesia.

Winston Peters claims the Government co-operated with Fiji's military regime when the SIS "raided" a NZ-based member of Fiji democracy movement.

An hour before the Pacific Islands Forum's opening feast, hundreds of shark fins were hauled out for display.

New Zealand has committed $5 million to low-lying countries that are vulnerable to water shortages.

Pacific nations need to take advantage of the multi-billion-dollar fishery on their doorstep by sending fresh sashimi to high-paying customers in Asia.

A tiny Pacific island state that is being submerged by rising oceans will tell New Zealand that it is not disposable.