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.

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

This week our Prime Minister will join the leaders of 15 Pacific Island countries at the 44th meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum.

Former Northland cop Mark Franklin has been sentenced to a year in prison in the Cook Islands for selling drugs.

Graham Reid takes time to look at what's in his pocket

Kualoa's mountain ranges are a scene-stealer, writes Yvonne Tahana.

Young New Zealander of the Year and environmental columnist Sam Judd, is proposing that New Zealand should become the mining hub of the South Pacific.

Nike has pulled its tattoo-inspired sports gear for women after a backlash from the Pacific community.

Pamela Wade visits New Caledonia's southernmost atoll for a veritable feast.

The Government is warning New Zealanders flying in Tonga it will be at their own risk as the national airline has bought a plane which has been involved in numerous crashes.