Fiji

The road to the 2026 Football World Cup has begun for the Fiji men's national team, as head coach Christophe Gamel puts his faith in youth.

Fiji's opposition SODELPA party is critical of what it says is the government's lack of care over the dangers posed by asbestos.

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama says Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement is deeply disappointing.

The Fiji Government has shut down work on the renovations of the Suva Civic Centre after concerns about asbestos.

A former senior public servant in Fiji Robin Nair says civil servants in the country are working in a climate of fear in a militarised democracy.

More than 16 ships were boarded during the initial patrol by the New Zealand naval vessel HMNZS Hawea in Fiji's exclusive economic zone.

The Forum Fisheries Agency says there has been a major reduction in illegal fishing vessels in the South Pacific tuna fishery.

Fiji tennis star William O'Connell is in critical condition in hospital in the United Kingdom.

A former civil servant in charge of Foreign Affairs in Fiji says New Zealand and Australia should persist in raising concerns over democracy in the country. Audio

Children at a school in Fiji are celebrating the opening of new cyclone resistant classrooms today built with donations from New Zealanders.

India and Fiji have signed an agreement to strengthen defence and security ties.

A Fiji opposition MP thinks a police recruitment campaign requiring applicants to have full drivers' licences is illogical and discriminatory.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee is travelling to Fiji today for talks with Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama has welcomed home dozens of confiscated whales teeth saying their return is timely given efforts to save the ocean.

The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Faizul Ariff Ali, has taken on the role of acting governor after the departure of long-running chief Barry Whiteside.

A New Zealand paediatrician says improved medical practices and protocols for treating child cancer victims in the Pacific are seeing results.

The Fiji women's sevens team bounced back to win the Challenge Trophy final at the latest round in Canada.

There is a call for the world to listen to how Pacific coastal communities have managed their areas sustainably.

The repatriation of nearly 150 whales' teeth to Fiji today is being called a "rare event" by the Secretary General of an international convention protecting endangered species.