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Samoa replacement houses not quake proof - study
Tsunami-wrecked houses in Samoa are being rebuilt on higher ground - but without protection against cyclones or earthquakes, engineers say.
French Polynesia: Swimming with sharks and whiprays
Jill Worrall explores the abundant waters around Moorea.
Cholera hits Port Moresby, 3 dead
Papua New Guinea's prolonged cholera outbreak has surfaced in the capital Port Moresby, claiming three lives.
Samoa's PM hits out at Fiji
Samoa's prime minister says the Pacific Islands Forum HQ doesn't belong in Suva any more.
Tour de Niue
Niue offers a different sort of tropical getaway - especially if you enter the island's annual bike race, finds Russell Baillie.
French Polynesia: My fish are better than your fish
It's amazing what the lure of pottering around tropical fish and coral will do, writes newly-converted early bird Jill Worrall.
Hawaii: Island where fantasies are fulfilled
Graham Reid follows in the footsteps of the Rat Pack and the King.
French Polynesia: Road trip around Moorea
Moorea, along with ultra-expensive Bora Bora, is one French Polynesia's most popular islands with visitors. But remarkably, the impact of tourism, visually at least, is relatively low-key.
<i>The Pacific</i> offers gritty re-enactment of war
Viewers of The Pacific will be rewarded if they can stand the gritty reality, writes Pacific War veteran Harry Bioletti.
Samoa's (first) armed bank robbery
Five masked men today carried out the first known case of an armed bank robbery at a Westpac branch in Vaitele, Samoa.
French Polynesia: Medical hitch delays island holiday
This blog is going to finish today beside the Moorea lagoon, I promise.
Govt concerned about Fiji media crackdown
An NZ watchdog says Fiji's new media decree targets members of the public as well as journalists and editors.
Leaked report blames Tongan government for ferry sinking
The sunken ferry Princess Ashika was known to be unseaworthy by the Tongan government, leaked reports claim.