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Tongan rugby fans "are getting warm" as the 'Ikale Tahi' (Sea Eagles) prepare for their Rugby World Cup opening match with world ranked number one Ireland in Nantes on Saturday, said captain Sonatane Takulua. The 32-year-old scrum-half knows this because they have apparently started the by now familiar ritual of painting his name on to cars and property in his...

The Fiji Flying Fijians will have to be more clinical against Australia in their second Rugby World Cup pool match on Monday. This is according to veteran hooker Sam Matavesi but he believes they can be better against the Wallabies. Matavesi says they played some good rugby against Wales, they worked hard but sometimes they dropped the ball or gave away...

Strike centre Samu Kerevi is hungry for more game time as the Wallabies prepare to tackle Fiji in a critical Rugby World Cup clash in Saint-Etienne. On the comeback from serious hand and knee injuries, Kerevi was eased back into action in Australia’s opening pool match in Paris against Georgia, playing only 41 minutes. Coach Eddie Jones said the plan was...

The Wallabies front-row stocks to face Fiji have taken a hit with key strike weapon Taniela Tupou under an injury cloud ahead of their crucial Rugby World Cup pool match in Saint-Etienne. Tupou was one of Australia's best in their tournament-opening win over Georgia in Paris but didn't train with the team on Wednesday due to a hamstring complaint. The Wallabies...

A small group of countries is driving new oil and gas expansion, and if allowed to proceed, would lock in climate chaos and an unlivable future, a new report by Oil Change International reveals. Twenty countries have been exposed as being responsible for nearly 90 percent of carbon dioxide pollution threatened by new oil and gas fields and fracking wells...

Fiji's Opposition Member of Parliament, Faiyaz Koya has implored Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to heed the collective call and rescind his decision in approving the dumping of treated nuclear wastewater from Fukushima in to the Pacific Ocean. Speaking to FijiLive, Koya said this is not only an affront to our nation’s sovereignty and dignity, but also a direct violation of...

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) first independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) since discharges of ALPS treated water started on 24 August confirms that the tritium levels are below Japan’s operational limit. Agency staff present at the IAEA’s Office at the site sampled seawater from several locations within three kilometres from...

By ‘Ema Fe’ao, USP Journalism student Cyber Safety should be a priority for everyone in the Pacific, according to Fiji’s Minister for Women Children and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya. This was highlighted at the symposium for Safe and Equal Online Spaces – Pacific Safety hosted in Suva this week. “Today we come together in response to a call for action, to better...

Pacific nations should stand together as one Big Blue Pacific Continent and increase their levels of cooperation and collaboration in the facilitation of investments in tuna fisheries sector and maximise value of the tuna resources. Acting Prime Minister John Rosso while addressing the 8th Pacific Tuna Forum last week in Port Moresby, said Pacific Islands countries have made huge contributions...

Findings of Fiji’s first ocean expedition in more than a century, which will inform the country of the health of its ocean amongst other things, will not be known for at least a year, Director of Fishieries, Neomai Turaganivalu-Ravitu said. In an interview with Pasifika Environews at the inaugural Pacific Islands Conference on Ocean Science and Management in Nadi, Turaganivalu-Ravitu...