Sound a little over the top? Not really when you consider the enemy was a crown of thorns starfish.

Fiji's fabulous wildlife park is small in size - just 12 hectares in total - but it's big on what it has to offer.

Stepping off Fiji Airways flight FJ415 in Nadi, I'm expecting little more than a week of watching sunsets from the comfort of my sun lounger, cocktails in hand.

Friendly, of course - we are in Fiji after all. Staff took our details and then accompanied us to our rooms, refusing to let us carry our own bags.

There's something a little risky but also exciting about playing beer pong in front of your young children.

Here are 5 reasons you want volunteer while travelling the world.

A NZ family on board a helicopter during a terrifying crash-landing in Fiji tell their story exclusively to the Herald.

Terrifying footage shows the moment a helicopter with a young Kiwi family on board crashes at a popular Fiji resort.

Seven people have survived a helicopter crash on Fiji's Treasure Island.

The Prime Minister says he has spoken to his son after it emerged Max Key was among hundreds of Kiwis evacuated from a Fijian resort.

Faced with a critically ill passenger on a jet, Fijian rugby players spring into action, serving food to passengers and cleaning up afterwards.

Michael Antonievich makes up for missing a morning riding the waves in Fiji.

Shandelle Battersby checks into Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa on Denarau Island.

Fiji Airways announced today that it will add a third direct flight to its Auckland-Suva route starting early next year.

For a few blissful days before a conference, Leah McLennan enjoys a luxurious bonding time with her beloved mum.

Resort offers five reasons for Megan Singleton to stay a while.

Richard Moore bravely plunges into the warm-water home of some scary but seriously impressive creatures.

Discovery of a thought-to-be extinct green crested iguana sends Malolo Island into sustainability overdrive, says Leah McLennan.

Authorities in Fiji believe a British Army veteran has been overseeing secret military training in the country's tropical hinterland as part of a plot to form a breakaway "Christian" state.

Mountain fern salad, taro leaves in coconut milk, sea grapes... Jane Jeffries meets three chefs shaking things up.

It took eight years but an emotional Steve Deane finally gets a luxury honeymoon in Fiji.

A man who indecently assaulted and burgled an elderly woman at knife point has been jailed for seven and a half years.

Megan Singleton has a fine time on Castaway Island, where cocktails come with umbrellas.

Jane Jeffries tries to mind her manners while cooking a meal for her fellow cruise ship passengers in Fiji.

Three unique resorts make Anne Cooke and Steve Haggerty feel right at home.

The tourist mecca's restaurants are fast becoming a culinary force with their focus on fresh, local ingredients and indigenous dishes, discovers Delaney Mes.

To the people of Beqa Island sharks are friends. Nicholas Jones tested that trust.

Star basketball player Tom Abercrombie has wed the love of his life, Monique-Raquel Shaw, in a romantic and intimate ceremony on Fiji's Vovo Island.