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![Romantic places to take your hottie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Romantic places to take your hottie
Whisking your loved one to one of these romantic retreats will impress.
![Key bats away talk of cronyism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Key bats away talk of cronyism
The PM has dismissed accusations of cronyism in the Govt's choice of appointments to boards and working groups.
![Patricia Schultz's top 10 travel destinations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Patricia Schultz's top 10 travel destinations
The author of the hugely-popular 1,000 Places To See Before You Die reveals her absolute favourite travel destinations.
![Fiji: A foodie's paradise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fiji: A foodie's paradise
Immerse yourself in South Pacific cuisine at the inaugural South Pacific Food & Wine Festival on Fiji’s Denarau Island.
![New Zealand's cops: The new blue line](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
New Zealand's cops: The new blue line
The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage
![Fiji: Hoping to be stranded on Modriki](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fiji: Hoping to be stranded on Modriki
With beaches covered in brilliant white sand, Modriki is one of more than 300 Fijian islands peppering the Pacific Ocean.
![December 30, 2011 - the day no one in Samoa will ever see](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
December 30, 2011 - the day no one in Samoa will ever see
Samoans will go to sleep tonight on their Thursday, December 29, and wake up on Saturday, December 31 - skipping Friday.
![Air NZ to offer Australia-Norfolk Island flights](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Air NZ to offer Australia-Norfolk Island flights
Air New Zealand will begin operating twice-weekly services between the Australian cities of Brisbane and Sydney and Norfolk Island from March next year.
![Cruising: Delightful Moorea and Bora Bora](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
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.
![Cruising: Outsiders wallow in days of decadence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Cruising: Outsiders wallow in days of decadence
John Gardner finds that to be really in the swim on a luxury superliner, you need to have an ample stock of cruise stories.
![Danger Zone: Lured by money and adventure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Danger Zone: Lured by money and adventure
Working in a Third World country often means safety standards are compromised and if something does go wrong, search-and-rescue resources are likely to be limited.
![Shelley Bridgeman: Holidaying in Fiji](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Shelley Bridgeman: Holidaying in Fiji
For many years, in the interests of uninterrupted holidaying pleasure, I conveniently overlooked Fiji's problems.