For 50 years, the Aranui III has serviced the remote islands of French Polynesia.

Sydney has welcomed the Cunard luxury liner Queen Mary 2 for its first overnight stay in in the city.

Chris Pritchard hitches a ride on Sydney's last remaining riverboat postal service.

British cruise retailer Six Star Cruises has created a 124-day vacation which drips with excess while visiting New Zealand and 27 other countries.

The Love Boat is in town and the captain, Merrill Stubing, is expecting you.

Bryce Johns marvels at the beauty of Fiordland's triple crown.

A manta ray provided a rare but welcome sight for a number of people cruising around the Bay of Islands at the weekend.

Giant cruise ships carrying thousands of passengers are an increasingly familiar site in the Port of Tauranga.

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.

At 2375km long, the Murray River is Australia's longest watercourse.

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.

An 11-deck cruise ship arriving for the Rugby World Cup has been forced to slash prices by half in a bid to spark interest among Kiwis.

Isobel Marriner takes to the high seas for more, much more than high tea.