Kiwi arrested over disaster-ferry forgery
A former NZ businessman who bought the Princess Ashika ferry for Tonga has been arrested on charges of forgery.
A former NZ businessman who bought the Princess Ashika ferry for Tonga has been arrested on charges of forgery.
Tropical Cyclone Rene continued to pound Tonga with powerful winds overnight, causing major damage.
The tropics have exploded into action with 3 major cyclones in just a week.
Swimming with Savaii's green turtles is slimy, but very sweet, says Alannah May Eriksen.
Geologists from GNS Science will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and infrastructure in Pacific Island countries.
Catherine Masters visits the further reaches of Vanuatu and finds people going about their business as if time has never really caught up with them.
ARC chairman Mike Lee could have some explaining to do next time he visits the city library, after leaving three of its books on a deserted Pacific island.
Maewo Island's Chief Nelson is proud to show off his village, writes Catherine Masters.
The festive season is barely over and the new year has only just begun.
If the shadow of climate change has hung over previous albums by this pan-Pacific group then it is hard to hear some of this without thinking of last year's tsunami.
The Princess Ashika was an old "rust bucket" and he had not revised a memorandum of agreement for purchasing the vessel, the man who was company secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia has told a Tongan royal commission.
Alanah May Eriksen travels to the island nation just a couple of months after the September tsunami which destroyed the southeast coast of Upolu and discovers the tourist industry is in full swing.
My wife and I are off to Honolulu towards the end of December for 10 days. We're interested in things to do, things perhaps that are not on the well-beaten tourist track. Any tips?
The Govt has committed to improving diplomatic relations with Commodore Frank Bainimarama's interim Fiji Government.
Fijian police say it is too early to say if former All Black Robin Brooke will be charged for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage girl.