"Mutton flaps are the discarded parts of the lamb that are not fit for consumption in New Zealand. They were able to dump this stuff on the Pacific countries." Tongan fishermen still catch fish by ...

The push for free trade in the Pacific contained in the Draft Plan of the Pacific Islands Forum risks exacerbating poverty, inequality, and conflict in the Pacific, says Peter Zwart of the Catholic ...

Sounds like a disgusting epithet for older women, but it’s not; it’s a Pacific dish, one that gets served up regularly at formal gatherings, such as the Pacific Island Forum. I’ve been to a couple of ...

Pacific Islanders are becoming obese from bad food we send them, suffering the effects of climate change and building their debt to China. It’s time we treated our neighbours better, writes Tory ...

When the seasonal lamb arrived in a box from my farmer mate Louwrence Lombard, I opened it up and squinted at the flat piece of something resembling vaguely meaty skin and climbed onto WhatsApp to ask ...

The Pacific island of Tonga is the most obese country in the world. Up to 40% of the population is thought to have type 2 diabetes and life expectancy is falling. One of the main causes is a cheap, ...