An island holiday can be more than lying on a beach, discovers a culturally enriched, exhilarated and exfoliated Andrew Stone.

Christian missionaries wrought radical changes to the traditional way of life throughout the Society Islands from the 1820s onwards.

Graeme Lay braves high seas to get a local's perspective of all the best parts of Rangiroa atoll, an hour northeast of Tahiti.

It's not the perfect beaches or the spectacular snorkelling that lures visitors back - it's the Fijian people and their unique culture.

Helen Twose finds cruising the Pacific with a toddler can have its ups and downs.

Pamela Wade gets into the rhythm of life on beautiful Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.

Price gouging and lack of spending on Fiji's infrastructure could see it reined in by increasingly popular neighbours, travel writers warn.

Chris Samsara tries four Fiji resorts and finds they all offer something different.

We've taken a week off and have escaped what is shaping up to be a rather aggressive winter and have come here for a treat.

There is a place where you'll find the authentic Fiji experience, the real deal with fearsome island warriors and beautiful Melanesian women.

Jill Worrall explores the abundant waters around Moorea.

Niue offers a different sort of tropical getaway - especially if you enter the island's annual bike race, finds Russell Baillie.

It's amazing what the lure of pottering around tropical fish and coral will do, writes newly-converted early bird Jill Worrall.

Graham Reid follows in the footsteps of the Rat Pack and the King.

Moorea, along with ultra-expensive Bora Bora, is one French Polynesia's most popular islands with visitors. But remarkably, the impact of tourism, visually at least, is relatively low-key.

This blog is going to finish today beside the Moorea lagoon, I promise.

Jim Eagles goes nuts over an unusual keepsake while visiting the Hawaiian islands.

Swimming with Savaii's green turtles is slimy, but very sweet, says Alannah May Eriksen.

Catherine Masters visits the further reaches of Vanuatu and finds people going about their business as if time has never really caught up with them.

Maewo Island's Chief Nelson is proud to show off his village, writes Catherine Masters.

Alanah May Eriksen travels to the island nation just a couple of months after the September tsunami which destroyed the southeast coast of Upolu and discovers the tourist industry is in full swing.

Couples getting intimate in hallways and swimming pools, forgotten sex toys and even a misplaced nun's habit feature in a shocking hotel chain survey.

Susan Buckland boards a freighter, bound for hauntingly beautiful islands where ancient man-size stone tiki guard moody, lush valleys.

Volatile Mt Yasur gives John McCrystal a close encounter with an active volcano.

Jeff Evans learns about making canoes in Niue from a master craftsman.

Aitutaki's unparalleled beauty is coming to a screen near you, reports Kate Roff.

The cries of 'bula!' just get stronger as Steve Sole does a circuit around Fiji's main island.