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Cartoon: Tongan King's footprint

Top noble to oversee return of King's body

Pasifika Festival 2012

As Pasifika celebrates its 20th anniversary, check out our photos of the culture, performances and fun from this year's Pasifika festival.

Pacific migrants fear new income test will keep out family helpers

The Aranui III, French Polynesia's cruising freighter

This state-of-the-art working ship can accommodate 170 passengers on its 14-day cruising itineraries between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.

Catch a freighter to paradise

For 50 years, the Aranui III has serviced the remote islands of French Polynesia.

Winning teen artist proves elusive

Rule of law lost in Fiji, undercover mission finds

A secret fact-finding mission to Fiji has found citizens have no legal way of...

Rugby: Forbes says sevens pressure a test

Patricia Schultz's top 10 travel destinations

The author of the hugely-popular <I>1,000 Places To See Before You Die</I> reveals her absolute favourite travel destinations.

Fiji: A foodie's paradise

Immerse yourself in South Pacific cuisine at the inaugural South Pacific Food & Wine Festival on Fiji’s Denarau Island.

Kiwis caught in killer Fiji storm

Mutineers' barren refuge turns tourist paradise

It's bare of white sandy beaches and about as far away as you can get from anywhere - but that hasn't stopped super-remote Pitcairn Island from marketing itself as a holiday paradise.

New Zealand's cops: The new blue line

The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage

Suspicions surround 'death' at sea of wanted yachtsman

Fiji: Hoping to be stranded on Modriki

With beaches covered in brilliant white sand, Modriki is one of more than 300 Fijian islands peppering the Pacific Ocean.