The sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that took the lives of three Australian and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.

The NZ High Commissioner is on her way to a remote plane crash site in Papua New Guinea where one New Zealander and three Australians died. The NZ co-pilot is the sole survivor.

An island holiday can be more than lying on a beach, discovers a culturally enriched, exhilarated and exfoliated Andrew Stone.

News Ltd has one month to sell or close its local paper in Fiji, a spokeswoman for the country's interim government says.

Christian missionaries wrought radical changes to the traditional way of life throughout the Society Islands from the 1820s onwards.

The tsunami that struck Tonga and Samoa last year was the result of a rare geological event.

Graeme Lay braves high seas to get a local's perspective of all the best parts of Rangiroa atoll, an hour northeast of Tahiti.

The family of a young Solomon Islands man taken by a crocodile have called for the reptile to be killed.

A man has been killed in an election-related brawl in the Solomon Islands.

All Black legend Michael Jones is pleased to see pressure coming on the IRB to relax their rules about player eligibility.

New Zealand will boost the monitoring of Pacific fisheries to help an industry that loses more than $400 million a year because of poor enforcement.

For the first time in decades, a trilateral meeting between the US, Australia and NZ will be held.

New Zealand will open its doors to 200 education scholarships for Pacific people, as well as commit $4.8 million towards the policing of Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister John Key announcement today.

The Solomon Islands has beefed up security for the country's national elections, hoping to avoid the kind of violence that has marred previous polls following unpopular results.