Amanda Linnell finds a taste of the good life in the beautiful Bay of Islands.

Those with children are increasingly looking to cruises for family-friendly holidays.

Susan Buckland delights in floating down an Irish canal in a home away from home.

Cunard is moving into the wedding business itself by allowing couples to marry at sea on board its liners.

The nicest moment on our stopovers in French Polynesia came while we were sitting eating pastries outside a little patisserie in Vaitape.

John Gardner finds that to be really in the swim on a luxury superliner, you need to have an ample stock of cruise stories.

When we told my son, who was trained as a biologist, that we were going on a cruise, he muttered darkly about norovirus.

Pretty much only one thing has remained constant during the debate over a cruise-ship terminal appropriate for Auckland.

Delightful locals and sustainability on a shoestring make the tiny island of Pele a dream destination, finds Isobel Marriner.

The 90,000-tonne superliner Radiance of the Seas makes its first call to Auckland today.

China's revolution is unveiled on a cruise into the enigma that is Chongqing.

People thinking of getting away for a relaxing holiday at sea are being warned to take extra care following revelations of sexual assault on cruise ships.

Rick McKinley searches the Caribbean to see if it can top the seaside pleasures of home... and comes close.

The latest exotic expedition for the moneyed traveller is being organised for the centenary of the Titanic disaster.

Take a tour of the Seven Seas Grandeur, the ship billed as the most luxurious in the world. Video / Supplied

A cruise ship is the perfect way to see Alaska, much of which is inaccessible by land - but keep an eye out for falling ice from glaciers, writes Jared Savage.

The women running the Pacific Pearl superliner say they are rapidly changing an industry dominated by men.

Herald artist Richard Dale takes his sketchbook with him on board a luxury cruise liner.

A family holiday on a narrow boat offers up some challenges but all is forgiven with the introduction of gorgeous countryside and a more relaxed pace of life, writes Danielle Murray.

P&O has ordered a 17-deck monster cruise ship costing nearly $1 billion. It will be the largest built for the British market.

Eat, drink - and learn to cook - aboard the Pacific Pearl, writes Kerri Jackson.

If a cruise seems like an old-age holiday, think again. By Chris Marriner.

Go local and have a blast exploring the wonders of your own backyard in style.

The Foveaux Strait ferry is not for the faint-hearted, says Chris Samsara.

Hunted no more, whales still bring in the dollars, writes Shandelle Battersby.

Rising at dawn is something I know more about in theory than in practice.

Cruise ships have been flocking to Auckland in recent months, reviving calls for the city to build a flash new terminal, preferably capable of catering for two ships at the same time.