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Volcanic island to be searched for missing yachties

NZ team resumes search for sailors lost off Tonga

NZ team searching for sailors lost off Tonga

Samoa: Swapping city grind for some island time

Despite it being the rainy season, Wynne Gray got the most out his beachfront escape.

EU increasing Pacific funding despite crisis

Tahiti: Colours and tastes of the Pacific

Polynesian tattoos are a popular souvenir for tourists to Papeete, writes Sophie Bond.

Samoa: Fine threads of tradition woven to life

Dan Ahwa meets a village celebrity who is keeping an ancient Samoan art alive.

Cook Islands: Drinking club hits the spot

Spending time at a tumunu is a great way to meet Atiu locals, writes Jim Eagles.

Flat out in Fiji

Sheriden Rhodes samples some of the delights on offer in the 'spa capital of the South Pacific'.

Supermoon: Tuvalu spared worst of king tides

High-quality Pacific trade deal vital, says Key

Atiu: Coffee revival in the Cook Islands

Jim Eagles explores the island of Atiu's growing coffee industry.

Maskelyne Islands, Vanuatu

This remote cluster of low-lying islands sits off the southern tip of Vanuatu's second-largest island - Malekula. The people of the Maskelyne Islands still get around in wooden dugout outrigger canoes and live much as they have for centuries.

Vanuatu: Island of happy magic

On a remote island in Vanuatu, Tessa Chrisp is won over by the locals' modest way of life and extraordinary warmth and humour.

Hawaii: Celebrating a century since the birth of surf

This northern summer it will be 100 years since the man known to Hawaiians simply as 'The Duke' decided to show the world how to surf.

Cook Islands: Dancing to the beat of a Pacific drum

Jim Eagles cannot resist when a pretty girl invites him on stage.