Defence ministers announce new chapter in defence cooperation.

Samoan health officials have issued an alert, warning people to get tested for typhoid.

Health minister learned about the typhoid outbreak when watching the news.

Managing NZ's complex relationship with China has been a key preoccupation for McCully.

Pacific current affairs programme Tagata Pasifika has been on NZ screens for 30 years.

Sue Baxalle discovers Mystic Sands, mysterious stones and snorkelling pigs.

Charges threaten key independent voice in island nation ahead of next year's elections.

Shandelle Battersby checks into Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Anne Gibson visits Rarotonga and Aitutaki on a holiday fit for a Polynesian princess.

If every ever wanted a hovercraft to burn around in, now's your chance.

Clarke Gayford finds a gulf between everyday life in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.

NZ Herald Focus discusses the struggles of the people in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Ministry is concerned untreated water could harm New Zealand's natural environment.

COMMENT: Alex Waimora is from the Solomon Islands but has been living in NZ for four years.

Kiwi rapper Scribe will spend the next month in a rehabilitation facility.

Eleanor Barker checks into a waterfront room on an island kingdom.

We asked you to help people living in poverty in New Zealand's backyard - and you responded.

Settlements around Solomons capital lack power, running water and sanitation.

Group savings scheme enables villagers to not only pay for day-to-day

Solomons' sole refuge at frontlines of fight to eliminate gender-based violence in world where woman rank below dogs.

The 42nd ASB Polyfest kicks off in Manukau this morning.

In PNG studies show up to 67 per cent of women are the victims of violence.

First impressions are of an idyllic paradise. But it soon becomes obvious that this village is living barely one step ahead of hand to mouth

Leaving home is the only option for many as the atoll faces the same fate as five islands that have already disappeared.

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.

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.

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

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.