Known as the Vikings of the Pacific and the Friendly Islands, this spot offers a slice of paradise with stunning beaches galore, lush tropical rainforests and dramatic mountains. Here, you’ll ...

Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawaii to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday. The Hokulea ...

An island country offering unspoilt white sandy beaches encompassed by some of the most pristine coral reefs left on the ...

Believed to be triggered by a millions-year-old geological fault, Townsville experienced its largest earthquake in recorded ...

Map: Geoscience Australia Mr Griffin explained that although Australia is not as seismically active as some neighbouring regions, its ancient landscape ... New Zealand and Tonga to the east ...

The English name for India comes from the River Indus, a key feature in ancient Indian civilisation ... for the Maori people. The name Tonga, derived from the native Tongan language, means ...

Samoa and Tonga, said Mary Therese Perez Hattori, the director of the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center. “We come from very, very ancient societies,” said Hattori ...

Airfares are additional. Contact: Flight Centre, call 0800 427 555 or visit flightcentre.co.nz In an intoxicating mix of ancient cities and imagination-firing landscapes, spend 13 days on an ...

They offer a landscape of rugged, natural beauty that hides historically important archaeological ruins and ancient petroglyphs ... sailings even further afield to the islands of Fiji, Tonga and ...