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![The Aranui III, French Polynesia's cruising freighter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The Aranui III, French Polynesia's cruising freighter
This state-of-the-art working ship can accommodate 170 passengers on its 14-day cruising itineraries between Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands.
![Catch a freighter to paradise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Catch a freighter to paradise
For 50 years, the Aranui III has serviced the remote islands of French Polynesia.
![Romantic places to take your hottie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Romantic places to take your hottie
Whisking your loved one to one of these romantic retreats will impress.
![Cruising: Delightful Moorea and Bora Bora](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Cruising: Delightful Moorea and Bora Bora
The nicest moment on our stopovers in French Polynesia came while we were sitting eating pastries outside a little patisserie in Vaitape.
![Moorea: Paradise found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Moorea: Paradise found
Moorea is everything you'd imagine a tropical island to be, writes Sophie Bond.
![Rangiroa: No ordinary atoll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Rangiroa: No ordinary atoll
Graeme Lay braves high seas to get a local's perspective of all the best parts of Rangiroa atoll, an hour northeast of Tahiti.
![French Polynesia: Swimming with sharks and whiprays](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
French Polynesia: Swimming with sharks and whiprays
Jill Worrall explores the abundant waters around Moorea.
![Tsunami gauges 'stabilising'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Tsunami gauges 'stabilising'
Wave activity "appears to be stabilised" at previously-reported levels, Civil Defence Emergency Management says.
![Cyclone disrupts ARC chief's rat-killing mission](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Cyclone disrupts ARC chief's rat-killing mission
ARC chairman Mike Lee could have some explaining to do next time he visits the city library, after leaving three of its books on a deserted Pacific island.
![Darwin in New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Darwin in New Zealand
Charles Darwin spent nine days in New Zealand in 1835. He disliked the young country, but his experience helped shape his monumental theories about evolution.
![French Polynesia: Paradise found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
French Polynesia: Paradise found
Susan Buckland boards a freighter, bound for hauntingly beautiful islands where ancient man-size stone tiki guard moody, lush valleys.
![Design: Being pacific](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Design: Being pacific
Two women abandon bland in favour of the sunny colours and natural style of our neighbours.
![Tahiti: Recession busters on a Pacific pearl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Tahiti: Recession busters on a Pacific pearl
The global downturn is hitting travel plans, but Megan Singleton discovers a way to make that Tahitian holiday affordable after all.