This second annual Griffith fiction collection focuses on contributors and topics from the Pacific in a generously interpreted sense.

John Key is facing tough questions as details from leaked US Embassy cables appear to contradict statements made in Parliament and reveal secret details of his meeting with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.

Jim Eagles discovers Hong Kong villagers fighting to preserve their way of life.

A new air link between China and New Zealand could boost tourist spending by up to $50 million a year.

Advice on exploring Vanuatu and attending cooking school in Tuscany or Umbria.

Martin Guptill hopes he's done enough to cement his place in the Black Caps' in the lead up to next year's World Cup.

More than 43,000 seats were sold within three days of Air Asia X's launch in New Zealand last week.

With tension rising on the Korean Peninsula, why is there a funfair and busloads of smiling tourists on the heavily militarised border?