Pacific health experts are calling for a quota on the amount of fatty food exported to the Pacific Islands, where heart disease, diabetes and obesity are the norm.

Derek Cheng takes a detour from the resorts and stumbles across something authentic.

Joanne Carroll's confidence grows in safe Fijian waters.

Tonight MasterChef fans will see the remaining eight contestants battle it out in Fiji. Joanne Carroll tagged along to see what happened behind the scenes.

Pacific-style hustle and bustle attracts Pamela Wade.

Danielle Murray falls under the spell of a remote atoll in the South Pacific.

Hawaiian sun and surf is great and all that, but what Yvonne Tahana really wanted to know about was the food.

Robert Louis Stevenson chose Apia as his last home, writes Robyn Yousef.

Brett Atkinson explores the charms of Niue's coral atoll.

This is the kind of beach holiday daydreams are made of, writes Dana Johannsen.

Paul Rush visits the gourmet capital of the South Pacific.

The King of Tonga arrives in New Zealand today, with his wife and the Minister of Education.

An erupting volcano challenges the sunset for Leena Tailor's attention.

Paul Rush gets some deep sea action outside the Rarotonga reef.

Jim Eagles is surprised to find so many brightly coloured fish as he dives in one of the Cook Islands' new marine reserves.

Tahiti is a dream destination, perfect for those wanting to escape big city nonsense and enjoy some of the best diving and snorkelling in the world.

Tropical Cyclone Evan is making its presence felt as it sweeps through the Pacific Islands, hitting Samoa and Fiji with winds of up to 185km/h, leaving a trail of debris behind it.

A number of residents near Apia have evacuated their open fales to seek safety in evacuation sites and enclosed homes, as Cyclone Evans hits.