It's the biggest cruise ship to visit and likely the most valuable machine to call at New Zealand.

Lack of port facilities contributed to P&O ditching plans to bring a 4200-passenger ship to this market, which an industry group says is a wake-up call.

WATCH: One of the world's biggest cruise ships - which arrives in NZ next week - will be the star of cruise season.

One of the most luxurious cruise ships to ever visit New Zealand is back for her fourth visit of a busy 2016/2017 summer season.

Tristram Clayton embarks on an unforgettable tour of the Celebrity Solstice while it visits Auckland.

Auckland Council boss Stephen Town says he shares the agenda of new Auckland Mayor Phil Goff for a turnaround in council performance. Goff

Cruise ships coming to Napier Port are on the up, with 10 more expected this season. Local businesses are expected to reap the benefits with nearly 100,000 passengers expected to visit. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Pirates on River Amazon spared the lives of two New Zealanders only after desperate pleas from a jungle guide and his crew, it has been revealed.

The biggest cruise liner to visit New Zealand is headlining a record number of ships to come here during summer.

Monster ships will find it easier to berth in Auckland if plans for new port infrastructure get the green light.

Growth in the cruise industry, worth nearly half a billion dollars to New Zealand, could be crimped by inadequate infrastructure.

Cruise ship employees have revealed what it's really like to live and work at sea for months at a time.

The world's newest "Quantum Class" cruise liner has left China on a voyage that will bring it to New Zealand in summer.

It's like a giant chunk of chalk tumbled out of the sky, shattering on to a sparkling, turquoise glass floor.

To mark her return to Australia, Pacific Pearl's four-day cruise will feature a number of friendly Aussies versus Kiwis battle.

The daughter of a Perth man says her sick father was left to find his own way home after he was kicked off a P&O cruise ship for flicking a cigarette overboard.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway and back on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

Lynley Bilby is currently travelling from England to Norway on the Emerald Princess. She will be posting updates throughout the trip.

I was out at tea last night dining in Australian celebrity chef Curtis Stone's new onboard restaurant Share enjoying some really beautiful food.

Things are about to heat up on the Azamara Quest when a couples-only, clothing-optional cruise sets sail.

Royal Caribbean's massive Harmony of the Seas vessel will soon be usurped as the world's largest cruise ship.

COMMENT: If you thought that travelling by ship might be better for the environment than flying or driving a car, you would be sadly mistaken.

Greg Fleming cruises (and sometimes jogs) across the Tasman on Celebrity Solstice

With cruise ships carrying millions of holidaymakers every year, crew regularly come across items left behind by forgetful passengers - and some are stranger than others.

The biggest cruise ship to come to New Zealand is among 12 new vessels set to call next summer

A distraught couple looked on in tears as a cruise ship sailed away with their young children on board after they missed the departure time.

A Wellington charity saved the day for a cruise ship running short of supplies.

Windows were smashed and passengers were injured after a 'freak wave' hit the Rhapsody of the Seas cruise ship on Monday.

More than 1200 holidaymakers have taken leading Australian travel company Scenic Tours to court.

The biggest cruise ship to come to New Zealand will stay here for longer this summer and will return for another season