Fiji

Fiji is holding its first census in ten years with the new population and housing count starting today.

The coach of the Fijian Drua says the New South Wales Eagles will try to exploit his team's mistakes his side's first home match at Sigatoka this afternoon.

A panel of assessors in Fiji has found 16 people accused of sedition not guilty, in a split majority decision.

The coach of the Fijian Drua Senirusi Seruvakula says defence will be his team's focus in Saturday's match against the New South Wales Eagles.

The Minister for Rural Development in Fiji has warned that the country needs to address the needs of rural areas if it wants to flourish.

The Citizens' Constitutional Forum in Fiji says most basic principles of democracy are yet to be provided to Fijians, despite the country's new constitution.

A leading New Zealand heart surgeon, who headed a medical team to Fiji for a week, says the most difficult part was selecting which children would get an operation.

Fiji's Ministry of Health is drafting a new Public Health Act.

Fifteen women leave Fiji today to join New Zealand's Recognized Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme.

For the third time, a mistrial application in Fiji, filed by the defence for the fifteen Ra people charged with sedition, has been dismissed by the Lautoka High Court.

The Minister of Forests in Fiji says his ministry is leading the way as a shining example of gender equality, with a 36 percentage point jump in female workers.

Nineteen heart surgeries have been completed on children in Fiji by a medical team from New Zealand.

Fiji's government will implement - and enforce - an increased minimum wage from the end of this month, it says.

Fiji 's Defence Minister says his ministry has begun a review of legislation in the hope of strengthening law enforcement.

Fiji's main opposition party calls on government to withdraw a bill it says will stifle any criticism or debate.

A team of 15 surgeons and medical staff from Auckland and Starship Hospitals are currently in Fiji on a two week mission to perform children's heart operations.

Fiji's prime minister calls for a weekend of prayer to help guide the country's efforts at the COP 23 climate change conference in Germany in November.