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

New Zealand Mint has been commissioned to manufacture a new series of Star Wars coins, to be used legally in Niue.

As John Key prepares for a White House visit next week, New Zealand's Pacific role is growing in value.

Jim Eagles enjoys the sweet taste of Niue's lush land and lifestyle.

New elephants are coming to Auckland Zoo - but not everyone is happy about it. We look at the arguments for and against the council's $3.5 million new attractions

Niue is almost an empty country, writes Jim Eagles, but there's still plenty to do there.

I've always felt that food was one of the great reasons to travel. But you'd have to say that until relatively recently it wasn't top of the list of reasons for visiting the South Pacific.

A friendly club, but don't visit when it blows from the west, writes Jim Eagles.

Pacific island nations now occupy the top seven places in the World Health Organisation's global obesity rankings.

There's a world of music down in Niue's caves, as Jim Eagles discovers.

Competition schedule for New Zealand athletes on the seventh day of the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Monday, October 11:

The name suggests he's stumbled into the wrong tower block at the athletes' village, but Ian McKenna is all Niue islander.

Jim Eagles comes face to face with a terrifying but tasty monster in the forests of Niue.

I've had a bit to do with beauty queens over the years.

Geoff Thomas shares infectious enthusiasm and fishing tales from a neighbouring island.

Niue offers a different sort of tropical getaway - especially if you enter the island's annual bike race, finds Russell Baillie.

Jeff Evans learns about making canoes in Niue from a master craftsman.

Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.

It's a story that reads like the plot of a movie thriller - lost in the Pacific.

Niuean artist John Pule's work is rich in imagery, always with the aim of telling a story, writes Adam Gifford