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Pasifika Festival 2012
As Pasifika celebrates its 20th anniversary, check out our photos of the culture, performances and fun from this year's Pasifika festival.

The Aranui III, French Polynesia's cruising freighter
This state-of-the-art working ship can accommodate 170 passengers on its 14-day cruising itineraries between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.

Catch a freighter to paradise
For 50 years, the Aranui III has serviced the remote islands of French Polynesia.

Romantic places to take your hottie
Whisking your loved one to one of these romantic retreats will impress.

Key bats away talk of cronyism
The PM has dismissed accusations of cronyism in the Govt's choice of appointments to boards and working groups.

Mutineers' barren refuge turns tourist paradise
It's bare of white sandy beaches and about as far away as you can get from anywhere - but that hasn't stopped super-remote Pitcairn Island from marketing itself as a holiday paradise.

New Zealand's cops: The new blue line
The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage

Fiji: Hoping to be stranded on Modriki
With beaches covered in brilliant white sand, Modriki is one of more than 300 Fijian islands peppering the Pacific Ocean.

December 30, 2011 - the day no one in Samoa will ever see
Samoans will go to sleep tonight on their Thursday, December 29, and wake up on Saturday, December 31 - skipping Friday.

Air NZ to offer Australia-Norfolk Island flights
Air New Zealand will begin operating twice-weekly services between the Australian cities of Brisbane and Sydney and Norfolk Island from March next year.