Fiji

The village people

Shaney Hudson takes an exhilarating jet boat ride inland to visit some of Fiji's more remote communities.

Awesome fun: kids' clubs that rock

When the littlest guests are happy - mum and dad can have a holiday, too. Debbie Neilson-Hunter finds the resorts with the best options for under 12s.

New Caledonia

Baguettes and baby steps

On the edge of the world's largest lagoon, Nicola Walker finds a raft of family-friendly surprises in Noumea.

Family holidays

Sun, surf and boiling mud

From digging for dinosaurs to a cooking school, Deborah Dickson-Smith comes up with six holidays you may never have thought of.

Fiji

Here's booking with you, kid

Baby whisperers on tap make for relaxed mothers, writes Belinda Jackson.

Tripologist

When the gang goes to Fiji

Tripologist We are a group of friends planning a holiday to Fiji. Are there suitable accommodation options that would be more cost-effective than hotel rooms?

Fiji

The world's best family resort?

Full-time nannies and candlelit dinners on the beach deliver the perfect holiday for Sheriden Rhodes.

Winter escapes

Playgrounds in the tropics

Ute Junker Keep the kids amused and intrigued with some thrill-seeking fun in places you'll reach before you hear the first 'are we there yet?'.

Pacific

On the rocks Samoan style

Katrina Lobley gets wet with the kids in daylight hours and finds the island's best fiafia come nightful.

Tips

Large family holidays: nuclear explosion

Families come in all shapes and sizes these days, writes Jane E. Fraser.

Cruising

Turtles and sharks on the loose

Marc Llewellyn leaves overcrowded schedules behind as his family heads for the South Pacific.

New Zealand

Chill-seeking for beginners

Richard Tulloch experiences the extremes of Antarctica from the comfort of Christchurch.

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A pleasure, treasure

Friendly Fiji is the South Pacific's biggest playground for young ones, writes Kristie Lau.

Queenstown

Segway to go

Not all activities in adventure capital Queenstown require you to be an adrenalin junkie, writes Guy Wilkinson.

Filming locations

New Zealand comes out of the Wardrobe

The Kiwi director of C. S. Lewis's beloved chronicle brought it to life in familiar surrounds, Rebecca Weisser writes.

Alexandra

Bruce Elder Alexandra is a charming town on the banks of the Clutha River. It came into existence in the 1860s when tens of thousands of miners and prospectors poured into the area searching for gold.

New Zealand

Flat out having fun

First-timer Kylie Davis falls for the many charms of skiing. Again and again.

Central Otago

Down on the farm

Willie Simpson A farmstay gives you the lay of the land without having to do all the dirty work, writes Willie Simpson.

Christchurch

Freezing for fun

David S. Potts For those who can't face the cold of Antarctica, Christchurch has the next best thing.