Fiji

Pacific rugby countries are confident of meeting the criteria to take up seats on the World Rugby Council.

The resignation of Fiji's Police Commissioner will have Australia and New Zealand re-thinking their stance on Fiji, says former NZ foreign affairs minister Winston Peters.

The chair of the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police has paid tribute to Fiji's outgoing police commissioner.

The Vanuatu men's football team have dedicated their 2-1 victory over Fiji to former international defender Selwyn Sese, who died yesterday.

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are to get seats on an expanded World Rugby Council in what's been called the biggest positive step in Pacific rugby ever.

Fiji's Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald has resigned and been replaced by Fiji's land force commander Colonel Sitiveni Qiliho as Acting Police Commissioner.

The Opposition Shadow Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations says the Fiji government needs to end the long-running standoff over labour rights.

Fiji welcome back star striker Roy Krishna for today's second football friendly against Vanuatu.

Engineers at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji have developed what they say is a hand-held mobility device for blind people that can easily identify all kinds of obstacles in their way.

The Fiji government says applications from foreign investors are up more than a third on last year.

Fiji's Land Force Commander Sitiveni Qiliho says the military's lawyer will represent three accused police officers who have been recruited to the military's ranks. Audio

Fiji's Land Force Commander Sitiveni Qiliho says the military recruited three suspended police officers charged with assault because they had been abandoned by the police.

A Fiji union head expects the government to accept an International Labour Organisation mission to review obstacles to a required joint implementation report.