Fiji

Jarryd Hayne has put his hand up to play for the Fiji Bati at next year's Rugby League World Cup.

Fiji golfer Sam Lee is hoping this week's South Pacific Open Championship in New Caledonia can start a revival of his on-course fortunes.

Pacific island countries have called for help in dealing with refugees at a major UN gathering in New York.

The only doctor on Fiji's Koro Island says it's important that houses are built soon to avoid further cases of disease.

New research in Fiji shows people badly hit by Cyclone Winston are eating a lot less fresh fish.

Eight suspended Fiji policemen and a military officer have appeared in court over the death of a man who died while in police custody.

A group of volunteers on a remote Fiji island are heading home today, after six months of building toilets and living in tents.

Fiji's representative has told a United Nations meeting on refugees and migrants he is horrified by the treatment refugees are getting in some countries.

The NFP party in Fiji says Frank Bainimarama's new cabinet concentrates power in a handful of ministers and means a conflict of interest in some areas.

Fiji's Shadow Infrastructure Minister says he's concerned up to 100 staff working for a roads contractor might not have been paid in six months.

An opposition MP in Fiji says the government must explain why it deported two men from the country last week after reports of a business dispute.

Community groups in Fiji are said to be treading carefully following the detention of six men involved in a gathering to discuss the constitution.

Medals proved elusive but Pacific countries are taking plenty of positives from their performance at the Rio Paralympics.

Fiji's Prime Minister has sung the praises of the country's economy and reassured Australian and New Zealand investors that his country is "open for business".

A proposed revamp of rugby league's eligibility rules is being hailed as a game-changer for Pacific nations.

The Fiji group Pacific Dialogue says it needed no permit for a church hall meeting near Suva two weeks ago after which six prominent people, including two former prime ministers, were arrested.

Australia's Pacific minister says her country will rebuild schools in Fiji to withstand category five cyclones.

Fiji's trade minister has emphasised the trade imbalance it has with Australia and New Zealand, in a bid to push more of its exports through their ports.

Fiji's immigration department has deported two foreign employees of a construction company.

With World Cup qualification already in the bag, Vanuatu's Under 20 footballers have their eye on an historic Oceania title.