All his courage gathered, Nicholas Jones ventures underwater for an eye-opening scuba dive.

Hanging up the backpack has converted Stuart Condie to the feared 'package' holiday and he couldn't be happier.

In the far-flung Yasawas, Sue Baxalle finds adults and kids toiling hard to revitalise their cyclone-ravaged village.

The lure of game fishing is pretty strong at Fiji's Mango Bay, discovers Nicholas Jones.

The All Blacks Sevens are closing the gap on World Series leaders South Africa, but Gordon Tietjens' men will be licking their wounds after defeat to Fiji in yesterday's Las Vegas Cup final.

It doesn’t take long to be seduced by Mana Island.

A Fijiian island is reversing the often destructive impact of tourism, finds Peter Feeney.

A dramatic new image has emerged of the volcanic eruption which has disrupted air travel to and from Tonga.

The Crusaders' proposal to hold a home game against the Hurricanes in Fiji next season has been signed off by the franchise's board, but it has yet to convince the New Zealand Players' Association, which remains concerned about the fixture.

A new service from Fiji Airways will allow Wellingtonians to escape twice a week to the tropics from next June.

A round-the-world yachtsman from Fiji has been banned from driving in New Zealand after reversing the wrong way up a motorway on-ramp while over the limit.

A failed Fiji resort development that Bridgecorp directors poured $106 million has today been officially restarted by the island's nation's prime minister.

On a cruise around Fiji's islands Sue Baxalle surrenders to a restorative pleasure of the flesh and befriends colourful characters.

If flying and flopping is too boring for you, there are a few options to amuse the energetic - or hungry - on Fiji's Denarau Island.

Cheap babysitters, blissful massages, adult-only fine dining... Leah McLennan settles into life on Malolo.

More than 4000ha of freehold land fronting 25km of Fiji coastline could fetch more than $14 million.

A disputed election result in Fiji is a reminder of something that countries such as ours with a long democratic tradition take for granted.

Voreqe Frank Bainimarama is Fiji's elected prime minister and his Fiji First Party will form the new government.

Political parties bound for the opposition benches and those who failed to make the Fiji Parliament want the vote count suspended.

Voreqe Frank Bainimarama, the man who seized power to become prime minister of Fiji in a 2006 military coup, could be retaining his position.

About 520,000 Fijians are expected to cast their votes today, with long queues already at the polling stations throughout Suva.

Nadi taxi driver Vinod Kumar says he "cannot wait" to have his say on who will form the next Fijian government.

Golfer James Henderson finds that Fiji challenges with intelligent and provoking course designs.

The striking topography instantly marks these islands out as great walking territory, writes Peter de Graaf.

Tristram Clayton finds a different side of Fiji at an adults-only resort on Viti Levu.