Takapuna Beach is one of the most popular beaches on the Northshore of Auckland, New Zealand. However, in the past 30 years, more and more stormwater pipes empty millions of liters of polluted water onto the beach and bay. This book takes a quick look, with pictures, at the problem.

Some very important issues in Global Biosecurity, banana, vanilla, kava, taro, squash and tree crop disease control in the Pacific are discussed. More than 100 pictures, in color, are provided to help explain and show the disease problems as well as their control.

A story about migration from the Pacific to New Zealand and the love of a woman that changed a tragedy into a success. Many Pacific become illegal residents in New Zealand in search of a better life and their stories are always so sad and sometimes uplifting like this one.

Latou and Mafanga were childless and they asked the Gods to grant them children. Latou was blown out to sea one day and was rescued by one of the Gods who told him he will have children. The kids arrived four years in a row with so much adventure that took them to the land of the spirits and the Gods.

Plant Protection in the Pacific, Second Edition, contains a lot of information and more photos than the first edition. There are important issues on biosecurity, tissue culture and viral and disease control in the Pacific that are discussed in detail.