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![Barry Coates: Our neighbours need help with tackling poverty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Barry Coates: Our neighbours need help with tackling poverty
Despite the Pacific's reputation as a region of beaches and abundance, there is no place further from the internationally agreed poverty reduction targets.
![Thomas R. Nides: US eager partner in region's future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Thomas R. Nides: US eager partner in region's future
Thomas R. Nides writes that the United States, as a Pacific nation, has an enduring bond with the Pacific region.
![Samoa: Rebuilding a South Pacific paradise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Samoa: Rebuilding a South Pacific paradise
Two years after the devastating tsunami, Samoa has lost none of its natural beauty, warmth, culture or charm, writes Belinda Henley.
![Upolu, Samoa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Upolu, Samoa
Despite 2009's devastating tsunami, Samoa has lost none of its natural beauty, warmth, culture or charm.
![Horror Pacific Island education stats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Horror Pacific Island education stats
Foreign Minister Murray McCully says around 40 per cent of school children in Pacific Island countries do not complete a basic primary education, and only 20 per cent graduate from secondary school, in opening a Pacific conference ahead..
![Cup ticket sales still $30m short](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Cup ticket sales still $30m short
With 17 days to go until the start of the World Cup, and 42 days for the tournament to run, ticket sales are still $30.5 million short of the $268m target. NZ will still lose $39m if all the tickets are sold.
![Savai'i: Simply Samoa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Savai'i: Simply Samoa
Palm-fringed beaches and tropical rainforests merge in Savai'i, writes Adrienne Kohler.
![Tributes flow for Sir Paul Reeves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Tributes flow for Sir Paul Reeves
John Key and Helen Clark have led the tributes to former Governor General Sir Paul Reeves, who lost his battle with cancer, aged 78.
![Sir Paul Reeves dies, aged 78](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sir Paul Reeves dies, aged 78
Sir Paul Reeves, an Anglican archbishop who became New Zealand's first Maori Governor-General , has died. He was 78. Sir Paul had been suffering from cancer and said last month he was stepping back from public life.
![Samoa: Legends live amid the lava flows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Samoa: Legends live amid the lava flows
Vaimoana Tapaleao finds these surreal Samoan volcanic rock fields have a spiritual atmosphere.
![Samoa, Pacific Islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Samoa, Pacific Islands
Visiting Samoa reveals a little village, Saleaula, which sits entirely on barren lava.
![Fiji: Tea time in paradise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fiji: Tea time in paradise
As balls skip across rock pools, Faith Lee resolves to master a spot of reef golf in Fiji.