Air NZ says reports one of its planes was on a collision course with another aircraft are nothing more than "sensationalist" media coverage.

An investigation has begun into why a Virgin Australia Boeing 777 and an Air New Zealand 767 were on a collision course in Fiji air space last month.

Members of the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum will travel to Fiji to see whether or not the situation has improved in the island nation.

The island of Samoa is beginning to let some of its environmental commitments slide.

Expat chef Robert Oliver is on a mission to promote real Pacific food, writes Peter Calder.

A British yachtsman has found a small group of people near to starvation on a remote island in the Pacific.

Tsunami-wrecked houses in Samoa are being rebuilt on higher ground - but without protection against cyclones or earthquakes, engineers say.

Jill Worrall explores the abundant waters around Moorea.

Samoa's prime minister says the Pacific Islands Forum HQ doesn't belong in Suva any more.

Niue offers a different sort of tropical getaway - especially if you enter the island's annual bike race, finds Russell Baillie.

It's amazing what the lure of pottering around tropical fish and coral will do, writes newly-converted early bird Jill Worrall.

Graham Reid follows in the footsteps of the Rat Pack and the King.