Captain Cook's first voyage of exploration to the South Pacific produced a New Zealand map that for the times was of the highest standard of cartography.

Jan 11, 2011 – Brian Cross

The territory of Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean has a colonial period history that attests to its isolation, a place of little relevance to global affairs.

Jan 6, 2011 – Brian Cross

The first global communication network arrived with the All-British Pacific submarine telegraph cable, completed in 1902 to put the Empire in touch.

Jan 1, 2011 – Brian Cross

The largest earthquake in New Zealand's recorded history hit the southern North Island in 1855. Its effect on new settlers and the landscape was dramatic.

Dec 6, 2010 – Brian Cross

As far as it is possible to get from the killing fields of Western Europe, German World War I raiders sailed to the South Pacific in pursuit of enemy ships.

Dec 3, 2010 – Brian Cross

On the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, natives await the return of their saviour Jon Frum, and the endless "cargo" he has promised to them.

Nov 22, 2010 – Patrick Fraser

Former Melbourne Football Club wingman and Victorian politician, Brian Dixon, displays how politics and leadership work part and parcel with each other.

Nov 21, 2010 – Andy Paolacci

Brian Dixon has lived quite a life; and the former Melbourne wingman and Victorian politician shows no signs of stopping through his current volunteer work.

Nov 21, 2010 – Andy Paolacci

Many British immigrants made the journey to the Australian colonies in the early 19th Century and became "squatters" on the new lands. Here is one story.

Nov 8, 2010 – Geoff Williams

A contemporary of Captain James Cook, Louis Antoine de Bougainville opened the way to French colonial interests in the South Pacific.

Nov 7, 2010 – Brian Cross

Australia's history is epitomised by the roles played by key individuals in the era of early European settlement. This article examines two early pioneers.

Nov 5, 2010 – Geoff Williams

Major Thomas Mitchell was a determined Australian explorer who mapped a vast new pastoral region.

Nov 2, 2010 – Geoff Williams

The development of the southern part of the Australian continent was led by two intrepid explorers of the 1820s in Hamilton Hume and William Hovell.

Oct 31, 2010 – Geoff Williams

Islands in the Tuamotu Archipelago, the coral atolls of Mururoa and Fangataufa were for three decades the sites of nuclear testing in French Polynesia.

Oct 30, 2010 – Brian Cross

Suggestions of genocide put the colonisation of Australia in a harsh light. The issue arises most frequently in reference to the natives of Tasmania.

Oct 12, 2010 – Brian Cross

From eastern Indonesia to Fiji, the region of Melanesia forms a large slice of the Pacific Ocean. This was where human settlement of the Pacific began.

Oct 6, 2010 – Brian Cross

New Zealanders enjoy their Labour Day public holiday on the fourth Monday in October. The long weekend celebrates the institution of the 8-hour working day.

Sep 30, 2010 – Brian Cross

The woollen mill that operated alongside the Korokoro Stream ensured Petone's significance as a centre of early New Zealand industry.

Sep 26, 2010 – Brian Cross

Navigator and cartographer Matthew Flinders was first to sail around Australia, and first to introduce the continent's name into common usage.

Sep 24, 2010 – Brian Cross

Bligh, the alleged villain of the mutiny on HMS "Bounty" accomplished a remarkable open boat voyage that saved the lives of those men who stayed loyal to h

Sep 23, 2010 – Brenda Ralph Lewis