Across the Pacific with Te Radar

Radar discovers that the remote country of Kiribati has some of the most stunning scenery in the Pacific, and also some of the most overpopulated and polluted areas in the world.

Radar faces a perilous time in Fiji as he lunches with a onetime cannibal tribe, joins ex-coup leader and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka on the golf course, and goes diving with sharks.

In Tonga, Radar has a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he swims with a humpback whale and her calf.

The physical beauty and cleanliness of the country enthralls Radar; he meets a netball team of fa'afafine's, who perform a drag show at night.

Radar's exploration of the Cook Islands starts with a musical theme as he tries his hand at Cook Island drumming.

Easter Island, or Rapanui, might be one of the most isolated inhabited places on the planet, but it's world-famous for its ancient statues or Moai.

In the rural north, Radar discovers that the culture of the South Seas cowboy is alive and well when he meets Tino Lecren, New Caledonia's most famous rodeo rider.

With its 83 Islands, 113 languages, and two thirds of the population just surviving on what they can grow, many might think Vanuatu would be ripe for social unrest; instead, it consistently tops the world's happiness stakes.

Looking at how missionaries were intent on banning many of Hawaii's Polynesian cultural practices including surfing, kite flying, Lua and the hula.

French Polynesia and Tahiti have been seen as the archetypical South Seas Paradise for a long time, and Radar wants to know if this still holds true.

Radar travels to a country the locals call "The Rock" to find out how the small population functions as a nation, especially given that 20,000 Niueans live in New Zealand.

Radar finds a place where the locals seem to all know each other, still wave to each car that passes and where the phone book lists people by their nicknames.

Tokelau is one of the hardest countries in the world to get to; there are airports on its three atolls, so one has to take a 500 km sea trip from Samoa to get there.