Palm-fringed beaches and tropical rainforests merge in Savai'i, writes Adrienne Kohler.

Vaimoana Tapaleao finds these surreal Samoan volcanic rock fields have a spiritual atmosphere.

Visiting Samoa reveals a little village, Saleaula, which sits entirely on barren lava.

New Zealand feature film The Orator (O Le Tulafale) has been selected to premiere in competition in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

The All Blacks have the advantage of player depth over old foe Australia for the World Cup, says former skipper Sean Fitzpatrick.

The man who has changed the driving side of the road and time is now proposing Samoa changes its dates.

The leader of Samoa's opposition party has been found guilty of bribery.

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

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".

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.

Flooding is continuing in the Samoan capital today, after heavy rainfall from the threat of Cyclone Wilma in the past week.

Pacific island nations now occupy the top seven places in the World Health Organisation's global obesity rankings.

Graham Reid admires church windows with a Samoan Jesus.