Two hundred years ago, the paramount chief of the Fijian village of Levuka decided to welcome European traders.

Pomp and ceremony joined with a mutual love of rugby in John Key's one-day visit to Paris.

Overstayers are said to be paying hundreds of dollars for fraudulent citizenship certificates.

Nesian Mystik lead the nominations for this year's Pacific Music Awards, with Ladi6 and Pacific Underground close behind.

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.

Annie Crummer inherited her fine voice from her dad. Now it's his turn to release an album, compiled from an old shoebox of remembered island songs, writes Scott Kara.

Families of the passengers whose lives were lost in Tonga's Princess Ashika ferry tragedy feel they have got some justice.

Ten years ago a group of us made a pact: whatever happened, come hell or high water, we were going to celebrate our 40th birthdays together in a tropical paradise.

Liz Light enjoys nature's abundance in a pristine part of Papua New Guinea.

A tropical cyclone formed near Fiji today is on track to bring strong winds and heavy rain to New Zealand next week, forecasters predict.

Jim Eagles attends a practice run for Niue High School's fundraising foray into tourism.

Samoa's newly re-elected prime minister has raised the ire of Pacific feminists by claiming one female MP in his cabinet is "more than enough".

Carnaval de Noumea - the Noumea Carnival - is a major festival held in the New Caledonian capital every April.

A 10-metre-high tsunami ploughed into the Japanese coast on Friday, dashing ships into the shore, washing away houses and leaving devastation in its wake.

The tiny island nation has a taste sensation at every visitor's fingertips, writes Jim Eagles.