COMMENT: Manus Island detainees forced to rot in tropical purgatory.

Courtney Whitaker stays at Royal Davui Island Resort, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.

Offenders face three months in prison - or a hefty fine, say police.

Thirteen Pacific and Maori ministers have been sworn into Government today

Kiwi researchers have helped reveal "probably" the world's oldest known tsunami victim.

The boat broke down around midnight on Tuesday and was stranded overnight.

Sea, sun and the welcoming locals make you want to keep going back to Samoa.

Remote islands offers chances to share the love, writes Deborah Dickson-Smith.

NZDF find three Kiribati fishermen who were missing for four days in the Pacific Ocean.

A brief trip with littlies puts Paul Little up there with holiday trend-setters.

Conservation groups hail Niue's move to "lock up" half its EEZ as a vast ocean reserve.

The NZDF will help Tongan authorities search for a missing fisherman

Food shortages and eroding coastlines are increasingly urgent across the Pacific.

COMMENT: For nuclear-free NZ to be lectured on the perils of nukes is totally surreal.

An Air Force plane has taken generators, tarpaulins and other aid supplies to Vanuatu.

Armed Kiwi ship hunted down fleeing Germans on the high seas

Deborah Dickson-Smith is dazzled by the beauty of Taveuni island.

A NZDF Orion has spotted huge columns of smoke and ash billowing from a Vanuatu volcano.

There are many reasons to love Hawaii, writes Jane Jurgens.

The lowdown on where to surf, dine and rest your head on holiday.

Peter White explores an eco-paradise around one of the world's largest reefs.

Lindy Laird finds herself floating with happiness - or maybe that's the 'ava.

After years of limbo on Manus Island and Nauru, refugees will soon know their fate.

Patricia Greig finds it all too easy to go troppo on the laid-back Pacific island.

The kiss of true love wakened Suva beauty from its slumber, writes Anabright Hay.

ACC Minister breaks from campaigning to ref AIMs Games. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

5-star luxury and tradition sit superbly together, writes Sarah Thornton.

This year's Tongan Language Week theme was Enriching Aotearoa with our family values.

One man is on a lonely mission to revive knowledge of the old ways, writes Peter de Graaf.

A World Bank report is urging investment in Pacific nations to create jobs and lift income