Australasia & South Pacific

A new information centre and lounge for arriving passengers opened at Noumea’s Cruise Ship Terminal.

Australia’s Cairns-based Coral Expeditions will operate two new itineraries in 2026 — ‘Louisiades, Solomons and Vanuatu’ and ‘Vanuatu, Solomons, New Britain and Bougainville.’

Windstar Cruises expanded its Pacific Beachcomber partnership to offer two-night stays at posh eco-resort The Brando.

Services were held Tuesday in Auckland for David Bunn, who developed the Australasia cruise market for a host of lines, from Orient to Royal Caribbean and Oceania Cruises, and was known for his humor, optimism and perseverance.

The West Australian government will ban boats from traversing the Horizontal Falls, 250 kilometres north east of Broome in Talbot Bay on the Kimberley coast.

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours’ next-generation submersible, Scenic Neptune II, successfully completed sea trials and safety certification.

Queensland-based mining magnate Clive Palmer announced he's proceeding with plans to build a replica of White Star Line’s Titanic, which sank in 1912.

New Zealand family-owned Heritage Expeditions appointed Chris le Roux as sales manager Australia.

Craig Harris, who founded Cruise New Zealand (now the New Zealand Cruise Association) in 1994, was inducted into CLIA Australasia’s Hall of Fame at the organisation’s annual black tie dinner in Sydney on Saturday.

More than four years after a volcano erupted on New Zealand’s White Island, killing 22 people and leaving others with horrific burns, six parties were sentenced in the Auckland District Court on Friday for health and safety failings.