For the first time in decades, a trilateral meeting between the US, Australia and NZ will be held.

New Zealand will open its doors to 200 education scholarships for Pacific people, as well as commit $4.8 million towards the policing of Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister John Key announcement today.

A regional processing centre in the Pacific for asylum seekers would not be in NZ or be propped up with NZ funds, John Key says.

The endorsement of Fiji's military regime by some Pacific countries is unlikely to affect the Pacific Islands Forum's suspension of Fiji, says Murray McCully.

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.

Volatile Mt Yasur gives John McCrystal a close encounter with an active volcano.

Scenes of panic are reported in Vanuatu after several earthquakes sparked a tsunami warning.

Civil Defence says a tsunami threat remains in place for NZ despite the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre cancelling its warning.

After three days at sea out of sight of land, it was like a scene from Treasure Island to awake and find the Pacific Sun manoeuvering into remote Anelghowat Bay.

A mother-of-four killed on her way to the airport to fly home to Vanuatu had spent six months working in NZ to raise money after her husband's death.

Catherine Masters joins a Kiwi catamaran on its first cruise around Vanuatu.