Western Leader chief reporter Justin Latif visited Fiji to see how funds raised by west Aucklander's for flood victims of the December 2008 flooding had been used. In his travels around Fiji he also ran into a number of well known rugby players.
Maggie Tait from the New Zealand Press Association travelled with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to cover his first visit to Papua New Guinea for a Special Leaders Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum and then onto the Solomon Islands to visit New Zealanders serving in the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).
Deputy Chief Reporter, Martin Tiffany visited the Cook Islands to meet a Kiwi journalist who has taken up residence in the tropical paradise and report on how the economy was doing in one of the most popular holiday destinations for New Zealanders.
Business journalist Dev Nadkarni visited the Kiribati Islands to look at business opportunities on the atoll.
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Spasifik editor, Peter Rees visit Pago Pago, American Samoa to take in the sights and sounds of the Pacific Arts Festival.
- Reporter Gill Higgins from TV One’s Close Up programme visited the Solomon Islands to see first hand the eye surgery work of the Fred Hollows Foundation and meet some of the Kiwi police staff working with RAMSI – Regional Assistance Mission Solomon Islands.
Maggie Tait from the New Zealand Press Association travelled to Samoa to look at the issue of the nation switching the side of the road it drives on, recent controversial legislation the Government has passed into law and a couple of other interesting stories.
