Christine RetschlagNZ Herald·20 Jul, 2026 12:00 AM4 mins to readAerial shot on the sandbar at Monuriki. An aerial view of Monuriki, the island where Cast Away was filmed. Photo / SuppliedSet-jetting done properly: Twenty-five years after Tom Hanks starred in Cast Away, it’s the gift that keeps on giving for Fiji, writes Christine Retschlag.
Fiji’s blustery southeasterly winter trade winds are nudging the vessel in which I am travelling towards the island where fictional FedEx systems analyst Chuck Noland was
