The warmth of the people is the winner, writes Guy Heveldt.

A teen's recovery from a second bout of TB is rare bright spot in battle to rein in the disease.

Some 60 per cent of Papua New Guinea's population live in areas where malaria is endemic.

Young Samoan gang members sent back to their home country from New Zealand in a bid to straighten them out, are instead starting gangs there.

A Kiwi scientist meeting in Brazil with world climate experts discusses a new report assessing what an extra 1.5C of warming would mean for the planet.

The sisters are a big deal in their village nicknamed the "Golden Village" for the success of the local weightlifters.

Simon Day looks at how sport can help people out of poverty.

The three little pigs were part of a World Vision economic development project.

Villagers in PNG are changing their own lives, with the assistance of World Vision, reports Clarke Gayford.

Alice Unithy makes the one-hour trip down the Aluta river so her daughter can attend kindergarten.

It started as a joke and ended with a journalist earning a namesake in Papua New Guinea.

International Woman's Day finds efforts to modernise traditional practices improving grim statistics around maternal mortality.

Early in the morning, Jennifer left her village, in the isolated, mountainous province of Malaita and began her journey, alone, to have her baby.

Thousands of boaties swapped their old lifejackets for new in a Coastguard safety scheme.

Each day we report on a particular problem for the Pacific, showcasing how World Vision has helped. Today, fishing to survive.

Clarke Gayford and Mike Scott visit isolated communities in Papua New Guinea as part of a World Vision fundraiser and find scenes straight out of a horror movie.

Memorials and the skeletons of World War II armaments abound in the Solomon Islands, writes Emma Kemp.

Just one thing going wrong had a devastating effect on an entire village in Papua New Guinea.

The Herald's latest appeal with World Vision will help our Pacific neighbours.

Hastings has congratulated its largest number of newly officiated New Zealand citizens just as Statistics New Zealand released population projections stating Hawke's Bay would grow steadily over the next 30 years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

French sailors Jean-Pierre and Paulette van Hille have returned to Tauranga after 20 years to continue their long love affair with New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

French sailors Jean-Pierre and Paulette van Hille have returned to Tauranga after 20 years to continue their long love affair with New Zealand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Auli'i Cravalho was singing when one of her dancers' flags slapped her in the head

The Airbus contender to replace the RNZAF's Hercules is making its 100-tonne presence felt in New Zealand this weekend.

Leila George looks at why this tropical paradise should be on your radar for 2017.

A year ago today tropical Cyclone Winston thrashed its way through Fiji. The Herald looks back at the disaster - and the people who survived it.

Lauren Jones looks at which Pacific Island to choose, and why.

Siena Yates unlocks the secrets of an untouched island.

There may be a whole lot more to little old New Zealand than three tiny islands tucked away in the Pacific.

Former All Black and Chiefs player Sione Lauaki will be farewelled at a funeral service in Auckland on Saturday.