A giant whale stole the show at the Summer Olympic Games, shooting out of the water as athletes competed in women's surfing ...

The photographer began documenting waves as he rode in their heaving movements and eventually settled in Teahupo'o.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is travelling to New York next week to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General ...

Thousands of rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia to restore the wild population ...

It comes after snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo were released in French Polynesia last year as part of the project. Partula snails were under imminent threat of extinction in the 1980s and early 1990s ...

It is for spectacular scenes like this that many tourists travel each year to French Polynesia, one of the world's prime destinations to go whale-watching and even swim with the huge mammals.

It is for spectacular scenes like this that many tourists travel each year to French Polynesia, one of the world’s prime ...