Scott Kara and his wife enjoy a relaxing Fiji holiday, even with two little ones in tow.

A New Caledonian island offers a rustic, unspoilt escape, discovers Nikki Birrell.

The singing of whales as they gather in the warm Pacific waters to calve is so powerful you can feel its vibrations in the water if you go swimming with them.

Jim Eagles has a spiritual experience listening to the mournful melody of a humpback whale.

People have been sheltering in Tau's caves for centuries, writes Jim Eagles.

Jim Eagles explores the island of Atiu's growing coffee industry.

This remote cluster of low-lying islands sits off the southern tip of Vanuatu's second-largest island - Malekula. The people of the Maskelyne Islands still get around in wooden dugout outrigger canoes and live much as they have for centuries.

On a remote island in Vanuatu, Tessa Chrisp is won over by the locals' modest way of life and extraordinary warmth and humour.

This northern summer it will be 100 years since the man known to Hawaiians simply as 'The Duke' decided to show the world how to surf.

Jim Eagles cannot resist when a pretty girl invites him on stage.

Graeme Lay discovers the remarkable life of the travellers who want to visit every country in the world.

Concerted conservation efforts have led to the re-establishment of kura - a bird once common in the Southern Cook Islands - on the island of Atiu. The colourful lorikeet was hunted to extinction in the Cooks 200 years ago, but a population survived in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia and in 2007, 27 of those birds were gifted back to the Cook Islands.

Phil Parker keeps a running total - in Kiwi dollars - of a fun-packed family trip to Fiji.

Robert Oliver has changed perceptions of the cuisines of the islands with the food now being given its due credit.

Frank Liew savours the pain and the pleasure of competing in the Honolulu Marathon.

As Pasifika celebrates its 20th anniversary, check out our photos of the culture, performances and fun from this year's Pasifika festival.