Latest from French Polynesia

Tahiti: Walk with the fish

A bobble-head dive helmet allows Megan Singleton to get up close and personal with the sealife.

Tahiti: Colours and tastes of the Pacific

Polynesian tattoos are a popular souvenir for tourists to Papeete, writes Sophie Bond.

Family kept in dark over boxer's death in Tahiti

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

For 50 years, the Aranui III has serviced the remote islands of French Polynesia.

Romantic places to take your hottie

Whisking your loved one to one of these romantic retreats will impress.

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.

Yachtie on way to NZ feared eaten by cannibals

Surfing: Fanning in front

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.

TV journo saves drowning man

French Polynesia: Swimming with sharks and whiprays

Jill Worrall explores the abundant waters around Moorea.

Soccer: All Whites likely to face same route to next WC

Pacific voyage rite of passage for sailors

Soccer: Waitakere forced into Tahiti game (for free, thankfully)

Tsunami gauges 'stabilising'

Wave activity "appears to be stabilised" at previously-reported levels, Civil Defence Emergency Management says.