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OPM Southern Commander Bernard Mawen (right) with Commander John Koknak (left) and the Morning Star flag at the time of being interviewed by Vanuatu-based...

By Wansolwara Staff Official poll results for the Fiji 2018 general election are trickling in slowly as the Social Democratic Liberal Party leads the race...

By Wansolwara Staff The Fiji general election campaign blackout period is expected to end at 6pm tomorrow after the final votes are cast by 7498...

US Marines arrive in Port Moresby on board USS Green Bay. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk More than 500 US marines and US Navy...

By Wansolwara Staff Caretaker Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has maintained a strong lead early today in Fiji's general election, polling 140,631 votes from 1552 of...

By Wansolwara Staff Caretaker Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama took a strong lead in the Fiji general election last night, raking in 55,203 votes from 651...

By Wansolwara Staff The count is on in the Fiji general election and early indications tonight point to a close race between the opposition Social...

By Elizabeth Osifelo and Laiseana Nasiga in Suva The media blackout period in the Fiji general election today has been extended until the closure of...

Go to RNZ Pacific's Fiji elections live blog for updates. This link is provided under the Pacific Media Centre’s content partnership with Radio New Zealand.

By Wansolwara staff A total of 7852 voters at more than 20 polling stations will cast their votes at a later date after the Electoral...

Heavy rain and a flood alert remain in force today as Fiji citizens make their way to polling stations in Lower Ragg, Namadi Heights,...

By RNZ Pacific Fiji's security forces are standing by in case of unrest as Fiji goes to the polls. More than 550,000 voters are due to...

By Giff Johnson in Majuro for RNZ Pacific Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine has survived a vote of no confidence with parliament, the Nitijela, split evenly...

By Litia Cava in Suva The Fijian Elections Office (FEO) will keep an eye to ensure that the blackout period is respected, says Supervisor of...

By Sri Wahyuni and Evi Mariani in Yogyakarta, Indonesia A leading Indonesian university's initial response to a recent sexual assault case allegedly involving two of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk At least three people have been killed in a week of shooting clashes between the Indonesian military and police and  militants...

By RNZ Pacific Fiji political party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says he is not worried about being called in by police for questioning today. Rabuka, leader of...

Key dates in New Caledonia's colonial history: 1774: James Cook “discovers” Grande Terre island for Europe and renames it New Caledonia because the landscapes remind...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Fiji women's coalition has praised the confirmation of 56 female candidates for the 2018 Fiji national elections next week, but...

By RNZ Pacific A leading New Caledonian pro-independence politician, Victor Tutugoro, says governments of Melanesian countries have quietly supported the New Caledonian independence cause. Tutugoro, second...

By Stefan Armbruster in Noumea New Caledonia, a group of picturesque islands in Melanesia that are the closest neighbour to Australia and New Zealand, have...

By Dian Septiari in Jakarta The Migrant CARE advocacy group has called on Indonesia's Manpower Ministry to cancel a recent agreement with Saudi Arabia to...