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Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to...
Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers
RNZ Pacific
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is supporting aid agencies' decision to halt operations in Afghanistan, and a UN official has urged...
Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says...
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
The greenlight has been given to University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and Dr Padma Lal, to...
Existing ‘good policies’ to carry on, says Fiji Deputy PM...
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
Fiji’s new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says the good policies of the government that...
Christmas gift for Fiji: New political era balanced on a knife-edge
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has finally reached the other side of the long and winding road that was the 2022 general election and can enjoy the...
Benny Wenda: A West Papuan Christmas message
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda
As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...
Rabuka elected Fiji’s new PM, ending Bainimarama’s 16-year reign
RNZ Pacific
Former coup leader and ex-prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka was today elected Fiji's new prime minister, winning 28 votes to Voreqe Bainimarama's 27.
The secret...
Thousands to miss Christmas thanks to covid-19 – how to avoid...
RNZ News
Thousands of people will be cancelling their Christmas Day plans thanks to the invisible grinch, covid-19.
Leading epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker estimates 85,000 people...
‘Merry Christmas Fiji – free at last’ as Sodelpa confirms joining...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
"Merry Christmas Fiji!"
This was the message to Fiji from kingmakers Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) management board member and MP...
‘Incitement’ complaint against top FijiFirst official handed on to CID
By Ian Chute in Suva
A complaint lodged against FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for alleged incitement at the Totogo Police station yesterday has been...
Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining.
Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...
A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a...
ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury
When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...
Tight Fiji police security for new Sodelpa party board meeting
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Tight police security will greet the Sodelpa management board meeting in Suva tomorrow when it will again decide the political...
‘Writing on the wall’ for authoritarian FijiFirst government, says Ratuva
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
The incumbent FijiFirst government's appeal was beginning to wane and voters deserted the party “because of what they saw as...
Climate activist says NZ locked in a ‘compromised’ emissions scheme
RNZ News
A climate activist furious with the Aotearoa New Zealand government's watering down of the proposed emissions pricing scheme says he hopes for stronger...
‘PM at first sitting’ – Fiji’s former elections chief explains how
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Former Supervisor of Elections Jon Apted says that the coalition formed by the Social Democratic Liberal Party with the People’s...
Fijian Aucklanders see promise and hope with Rabuka as likely PM
RNZ Pacific
Many members of Auckland's Fiji community say they are "delighted and relieved" by last week's general election result.
Coup leader turned prime minister Voreqe...
Woman among favoured nominations for PNG governor-general
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea is close to voting in it first female Govenor-General after nominations for the post closed yesterday...
‘Nothing to concede’, says FijiFirst in wake of contested election
RNZ Pacific
The ruling FijiFirst party is refusing to concede the 2022 general election, saying it can only be called after the election of the...
Reports of ‘anomalies’ in Sodelpa vote to go with opposition parties
RNZ Pacific
Claims of irregularities in the vote to create a new coalition government formed in Fiji have emerged.
Internal disagreements have resurfaced within Sodelpa, Fiji's...
72 hours of talks ends Bainimarama era and opens door to...
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
After 72 hours of negotiations ended yesterday, the Social Democratic Liberal Party finally chose the People’s Alliance party and National...
New Fiji coalition government ousts 16 years of Bainimarama rule
RNZ Pacific
Jubilant scenes in Suva tonight greeted Fiji's kingmaker party Sodelpa as it announced it will form a coalition with the People's Alliance-National Federation...