Fiji
Fijian Elections Office prepares for challenge
The Fijian Elections Office is preparing court documents to respond to allegations made by opposition parties about last month's election.
Reprieve for Fiji opposition in election dispute
Fiji's opposition parties have been allowed to serve petitions, disputing last month's election results, via the newspaper after a court hearing this morning.
Election dispute causes stir in Fiji
Fiji's opposition parties have been given a reprieve in their attempt to dispute the results of last month's election. The parties had complained members of the FijiFirst government had been evading… Audio
Sport: Record numbers take part in Fiji girls 7s champs
A record number of girls converged on Nadi's Prince Charles Park yesterday to compete in Fiji's national women's age grade provincial sevens championship.
Fiji opposition says govt evading being served with legal papers
Fiji's opposition parties say they've been prevented from serving election petitions on government ministers and MPs who spent hours on Wednesday in a central Suva building.
FijiFirst MPs yet to be served legal papers
Reports from Fiji say members of the FijiFirst party have been inside the Attorney-General's chambers since yesterday amid attempts to serve them with legal documents.
Fiji opposition given 24 hours to serve election petition
Fiji's opposition parties have been given until 4pm today to complete their legal challenge of election results.
Spreading the good oil further
A New Zealand businessman wants to revitalise coconut farming in the Pacific which he hopes will lift communities out of poverty.
Sport: Fiji beat USA to win Cape Town 7s
The Fiji men's sevens team have vanquished a couple of demons en-route to winning the latest round of the World Series in Cape Town.
Monthly tsunami drills planned for Fiji
Fiji's National Disaster Management Office says it will conduct tsunami drills every month.
Fiji leader visits soldiers memorial in Lebanon
Fiji's prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, visited the Cana Memorial in Lebanon on Thursday to pay respects to the 36 Fijians who passed away while part of the United Nations peace keeping force in…
Sport: Fiji confirms Pacific Super Rugby bid unsuccessful
The Fiji Rugby Union has confirmed a bid to host a Pacific Super Rugby franchise was unsuccessful.
Fiji's founding head of FemLINKpacific resigns
A founding head of the Fiji community organisation FemLINKpacific has resigned and says she's proud of the NGO which was created to give women a voice 18 years ago.
Fijian youth brought to NZ to boost primary school rugby
Boys as young as 12 are being brought over from the Pacific Islands to boost the rugby performance of intermediate schools' teams. Audio
New Fiji MP pushes green issues in parliament
New Fiji MP Lenora Qereqeretabua wants to push environmental issues to the fore in the country's new parliament. She's already called on MPs to walk the talk and start by ditching the single use… Audio
Sport: Interim Fijiana coach hoping for full-time gig
The interim Fiji women's sevens coach Alifereti Doviverata expects to find out in the next week whether he'll be given the job on a full-time basis.
Sport: Pacific Super Rugby bid pulls out
A proposed Pacific-based Super Rugby team is effectively dead in the water after failing to find the required funding.
Fiji school rebuild to be complete by September next year
About a quarter of schools damaged by Cyclone Winston still need to be repaired nearly three years after the massive storm hit Fiji.
Fiji growers celebrate opening of cane access roads
The Pacific Community says rehabilitation work on 30 kilometres of Fiji cane access roads was officially opened yesterday.
Fiji's Bainimarama calls for renewed effort on climate change
The outgoing COP23 president and Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama has called for a renewed effort on the part of world leaders to accelerate their response to climate change.
