Many visitors come to dive the historic wreckage — remains of the Japanese naval stronghold in the Pacific. One of the most ...

"My name was on a handwritten piece of paper," she told the ABC. Ms Kanas was part of the Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant held last weekend. The event, this year hosted by Solomon Islands ...

Leader of Cook Islands flies to Beijing to negotiate a security deal despite New Zealand warnings The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a ...

Tie-break vote in contest leads to claims of rigging, death threats and judges being prevented from leaving the Solomon Islands The Miss Pacific Islands beauty pageant was supposed to show that ...

But although it began expanding outside of those borders decades ago, its Pacific Island gains have been limited. No players of Pacific heritage are ranked in the top 100 in either the men's or ...

Pacific allies don’t usually air their dirty laundry in public. But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the poor and isolated island nation ...

At the heart of the matter is a major deal set to be signed between the Cook Islands and China this week ... of China’s growing influence in the Pacific, which has alarmed the United States ...

A strategically important island nation The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor New Zealand, a country of 5 million people, might not appear the South Pacific's ...

Solomon Islands said that it had lifted the notice on Wednesday afternoon but an investigation into “alleged fraudulent activities during the crowning of the Miss Pacific on Saturday 8th ...

His focus is on security and defense issues in the Western Pacific region ... is intended for use in defending the nation's many islands—took part in four tests from last August to January ...

Hundreds of Pacific Islanders with convictions are expected to be deported from the U.S., newspapers in Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Marshall Islands have reported, prompting concern over the ...