Fiji

Papua New Guinea is threatening to adopt retaliatory action against Fiji in simmering trade dispute.

Twenty tonnes of kiwifruit is being given to students in Fiji who have been affected by a lack of fresh produce following Cyclone Winston.

Fiji farmers are being encouraged to return to growing traditional crops and farming practices.

Fiji have beaten New Zealand 12-7 to advance to the semi finals of the Olympic men's sevens tournament, ending the All Blacks Sevens hopes of a medal.

Top seeds Fiji beat the United States 24-19 to send the Americans home early and save New Zealand the embarrassment of a pool stage exit at the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament.

Fiji finished unbeaten on day one of the Olympic rugby sevens competition after coming from behind to edge Argentina 21-14 in their second pool match.

Pacific Island Forum foreign ministers are gathering in Fiji this week ahead of the leaders' meeting later this year.

The director of public prosecutions in Fiji, Christopher Pryde, has decided not to appeal against the acquittal of a government minister.

The Fiji Met Office says two days of rain should start to ease from tonight and into tomorrow.

The Fiji government says its convenient time zone and low-cost business environment makes it an attractive location for call centres.

Thirty five people have died on Fiji's roads so far this year.

A Fiji Government report is warning of the risk of people sinking into poverty following Tropical Cyclone Winston.

The University of the South Pacific and New Zealand's Massey University have renewed their formal relationship.

The head of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre says recent statistics on sexual violence in the country are disturbing, but the long-term outlook is slowly improving.

The Fiji men's football team faded after a strong start to suffer a 8-0 drubbing by Korea in their Rio Olympics opener.

Nearly 23,000 Vanuatu women have been subjected to violence but between 2012 and 2014 police laid only 380 charges - less than two percent. Audio

A leadership programme for senior police officers from around the Pacific is underway in Auckland.

Local favourite Vijay Singh is returning to compete in the Fiji International golf tournament for the third year running.