With beaches covered in brilliant white sand, Modriki is one of more than 300 Fijian islands peppering the Pacific Ocean.

Samoans will go to sleep tonight on their Thursday, December 29, and wake up on Saturday, December 31 - skipping Friday.

Air New Zealand will begin operating twice-weekly services between the Australian cities of Brisbane and Sydney and Norfolk Island from March next year.

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.

Working in a Third World country often means safety standards are compromised and if something does go wrong, search-and-rescue resources are likely to be limited.

For many years, in the interests of uninterrupted holidaying pleasure, I conveniently overlooked Fiji's problems.

Haley McCrystal pulls on her wetsuit and gets up close with Rarotonga's undersea residents.

Going underwater enables travellers to explore the depths of Rarotonga and meet the creatures beneath the surface.

Lauraine Jacobs finds plenty to whet her appetite on Denarau Island.