Posted on 28 March 2012 by CRAIG TANSLEY
Ngaa Pureariki is not convinced he'll spend an eternity burning in hell, though others might disagree. His apparent sin comes from wanting his people to return to the traditional ways of their ancestors, before missionaries introduced Christianity to t...
Posted on 22 March 2012 by Nicola Walker
Our inestimable French friend threw up his hands when told we had booked a week's holiday in New Caledonia. His verdict: "It is 'orribly expensif and full of pretentious French people."
Posted on 21 December 2011 by Kerry van der Jagt
What a difference a day makes. Twenty-four hours ago I was standing in line for a loaf of sliced supermarket bread. Today I'm standing on the back of a yacht, breathing in salt air and collecting an armful of warm baguettes from a smiling Frenchman. Wi...
Posted on 29 November 2011 by Keri Welham
It's well-known that French Polynesia offers some of the most expensive digs in the Pacific, but that needn't stop you making like a cashed-up Kardashian and supping cocktails in Bora Bora with the best of them.
Posted on 29 November 2011 by Keri Welham
It's well-known that French Polynesia offers some of the most expensive digs in the Pacific, but that needn't stop you making like a cashed-up Kardashian and supping cocktails in Bora Bora with the best of them.
Posted on 18 November 2011 by Graeme Lay
On remote Mangareva, in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia, they're planning a celebration, the biggest the island has ever seen.
Posted on 18 November 2011 by Graeme Lay
On remote Mangareva, in the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia, they're planning a celebration, the biggest the island has ever seen.
Posted on 07 November 2011 by MAX ANDERSON
''Who wants to hold the family pet?" asks the chief of the Futuna tribe. There's quiet in the small crowd seated on logs in the jungle.
Posted on 07 November 2011 by MAX ANDERSON
''Who wants to hold the family pet?" asks the chief of the Futuna tribe. There's quiet in the small crowd seated on logs in the jungle.
Posted on 04 October 2011 by RACHEL PINDER
Watching a giant humpback whale breaching the ocean surface is one of those goosebump moments which also sends a shiver down your spine.
Posted on 04 October 2011 by RACHEL PINDER
Watching a giant humpback whale breaching the ocean surface is one of those goosebump moments which also sends a shiver down your spine.
Posted on 03 October 2011 by Kerry van der Jagt
This is not one of my better ideas. After watching fellow passengers swim back to our tall ship rather than wait for the tender, I've decided in a moment of middle-age madness to follow suit and show these young things how it's done.
Posted on 03 October 2011 by Kerry van der Jagt
This is not one of my better ideas. After watching fellow passengers swim back to our tall ship rather than wait for the tender, I've decided in a moment of middle-age madness to follow suit and show these young things how it's done.
Posted on 03 October 2011 by LOUISE SOUTHERDEN
The tropical Cook Islands - a nation of 15 volcanic and coral islands spread across 2 million square kilometres in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - is a place to which people escape when they need a break from the rush of life, to forget about the wor...
Posted on 03 October 2011 by LOUISE SOUTHERDEN
The tropical Cook Islands - a nation of 15 volcanic and coral islands spread across 2 million square kilometres in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - is a place to which people escape when they need a break from the rush of life, to forget about the wor...