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The Australian Government has announced that it would provide funding that will help support the Fijian and Fijiana Drua teams. The investment as part of the next phase of the PacificAus Sports funding ensures their participation in the Super Rugby Pacific and Super W competitions over four years. Both teams have thrived since their inclusion in their respective competitions, with the...

Portugal, who beat them, might think otherwise, but the story of the pool stages of this World Cup has been the arrival of Fiji as a contender among the big nations. Rugby still unashamedly distinguishes between its tier-one nations and tier two. Fiji, as they were in 2007, are this edition’s tier-two interlopers among the quarter-final elite, when they eyeball...

Fiji’s World Cup campaign started and ended with defeats in exhilarating contests against tier one nations, and while they have a wound that will take time to heal, coach Simon Raiwalui is confident there is more to come from the Pacific islanders. Sunday’s 30-24 quarter-final loss to England in Marseille was Fiji’s third defeat in five games at the tournament...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister and Minister responsible for the 2023 Pacific Games Manasseh Sogavare launched the 2023 Pacific Games tickets Monday. Launching the tickets at Our Telekom’s Point Cruz Office, Prime Minister Sogavare said, the XVII chapter of the Pacific Games is coming to our shores in a few weeks. He encourages Solomon Islanders to purchase their tickets and support...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to Australia from 16 - 21 October for an official guest of Government visit. Australia and Fiji have a close and longstanding relationship that is underpinned by mutual respect and trust. The Prime Ministers will renew and elevate the Fiji-Australia Vuvale Partnership, which has set out the shared principles...

Pacific leaders in New Zealand fear they will have little or no voice in the new National-led Government with the real possibility of not a single Pacific person making it into the new coalition. Labour had 11 Pacific members of parliament, then 10 when Kris Faafoi left, included was Carmel Sepuloni who became Deputy Prime Minister when Chris Hipkins became...

The EU-Pacific Policy Dialogue Roundtable on the Ocean Programme concluded on Friday with a strong emphasis on bolstering ocean governance and effective policy implementation. Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dr Filimon Manoni expressed gratitude towards the European Union and the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme for the invitation, highlighting the recent discussions with EU Commissioner for the Environment, Ocean, and Fisheries,...

The extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the Waigani Convention made history today as Parties to the Convention adopted its first-ever amendment marking a significant step toward aligning the Convention with international efforts to combat plastic waste. The Waigani Convention, a regional treaty aimed at tackling hazardous waste and other pollutants in the Pacific region, has long...

Thirty Tongan nationals have been safely evacuated from Israel, including some from New Zealand, Australia and Fiji, on a 61 passengers flight to London, chartered by the Tongan Government. The flight departed at 1:38pm (Israel time) on Saturday 14 October, and landed at Stanstead Airport in England Sunday morning (Tonga time). They were accompanied by Major Kaho from the Tonga High...

The Fiji Law Society has written to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to request the withdrawal of the appointment of Filimoni Vosarogo as Attorney General. In a statement, the Society says it cannot support and strongly objects to Vosarogo’s recent appointment. According to the Society, Vosarogo is disqualified from holding the office of Attorney General under Section 96(2)(b) of the 2013 Constitution. The...