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.

Michelle Weir stays on a car-free private island where the noise of the ocean and people laughing are the only sounds to be heard.

Paul Davies flies from Oahu to the island of Hawaii.

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.

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 silence of nature and sea are soothing and offer great surroundings to reconnect with your better half, says Gina Bunton.

Shandelle Battersby takes refuge from Raro's heat at a secluded beachfront spot.

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.

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.

A visit to the island of Molokai offers a window on a unique and tragic chapter of Hawaiian history.

A slightly concerned Carly Flynn meets some of Vanuatu's 'harmless' locals and comes home utterly charmed.

If you're having a island break in Fiji, here are a few places worth visiting.

Savai'i is the beautiful, wilder sister of the two main islands, writes Bruce Munro.