Swimming with Savaii's green turtles is slimy, but very sweet, says Alannah May Eriksen.

New Zealand scientists will island-hop around the Pacific for the next six months.

Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries.

Catherine Masters visits the further reaches of Vanuatu and finds people going about their business as if time has never really caught up with them.

ARC chairman Mike Lee could have some explaining to do next time he visits the city library, after leaving three of its books on a deserted Pacific island.

Maewo Island's Chief Nelson is proud to show off his village, writes Catherine Masters.

The festive season is barely over and the new year has only just begun.

If the shadow of climate change has hung over previous albums by this pan-Pacific group then it is hard to hear some of this without thinking of last year's tsunami.

The Princess Ashika was an old "rust bucket" and he had not revised a memorandum of agreement for purchasing the vessel, the man who was company secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia has told a Tongan royal commission.

My wife and I are off to Honolulu towards the end of December for 10 days. We're interested in things to do, things perhaps that are not on the well-beaten tourist track. Any tips?

The Govt has committed to improving diplomatic relations with Commodore Frank Bainimarama's interim Fiji Government.

Fijian police say it is too early to say if former All Black Robin Brooke will be charged for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage girl.

Police in Fiji have confirmed Robin Brooke is the former All Black being investigated over a sexual harassment claim.

Couples getting intimate in hallways and swimming pools, forgotten sex toys and even a misplaced nun's habit feature in a shocking hotel chain survey.

Landslides and a tsunami destroyed the homes of about one-third of the population on a Solomon Island but lives were likely spared as residents with memories of previous disasters fled quickly to higher ground, officials said Tuesday.