Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced $500,000 in funding to help their Government.

Cyclone Harold has been upgraded to a category two storm as it heads through the pacific.

There are fewer countries reporting no cases as global infections approach one million.

The Voyager of the Seas cruise ship docked in Tauranga this morning.

MetService's computer model suggests the cyclone, if formed, could be felt in New Zealand.

On Pentecost Island, traditional practice goes back centuries.

100 PNG soldiers will be sent to Australia in efforts to fight bush fires.

Notorious sex offender Ronald Van Der Plaat has been back before the courts

It's a different reality TV cooking show - less bitchy, more kind.

Vanuatu has a new eye clinic and the country's first permanent eye doctor.

Clerence Natnaur, from Vanuatu, hopes to have surgery to better her eyesight.

The new Vanuatu National Eye Centre in Port Vila is now open for business.

Girl has made remarkable recovery, but needs lifelong care and expensive medication.

Watch our livestream debate about the causes of diabetes in the Pacific and how to help.

Ill diabetic clergyman urges others to be careful what they eat in his final sermon.

Superstition: Vanuatu eye doctors must overcome traditional ways to help diabetics.

Diabetics from Tanna Island in Vanuatu fear going blind.

$2.1 million eye clinic funded by Fred Hollows Foundation to open in Vanuatu.

How diabetes crippled and blinded a strong man.

An overwhelming response to Vanuatu girl's plight has opened up options for her recovery.

Yachting family's desperate mission to save gravely ill Vanuatu village girl.

Contrasting experiences inspired Bonnie Howland to create a beauty brand with a purpose.

New Zealand must now get used to new faces in foreign affairs, trade and defence.

The New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority is raising the matter with Vanuatu officials.

No tsunami warning has been issued yet.