The McDonald’s Fijian Drua Women have named an unchanged 23-player squad for Saturday’s Super Rugby Women’s Grand Final, as they prepare to make history on home soil. The decider will be played at Four R Stadium in Ba, marking the first time Fiji has hosted the Super Rugby Women’s Grand Final. The Drua earned hosting rights after another impressive campaign and are now just 80 minutes away from becoming the first Fijian team to win the Super Rugby Women’s title at home. Head Coach Mike Legge has retained the same squad that secured last week’s semi-final victory, backing the group…
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The FIJI Water Flying Fijians have returned home following the conclusion of their Nations Championship campaign, which ended with a defeat to Scotland in Edinburgh. Despite the result, Head Coach Senirusi Seruvakula remains optimistic about the team’s future, saying setbacks are part of the game’s highest level. “The best teams in the world have seen defeat at this level – and Fiji is no excuse,” Seruvakula said. With Fiji now competing in the Nations Championship, the coaching staff will focus on strengthening the squad as they continue their long-term development, with the next decade expected to be a key period…
Japan’s biggest power generator has invested $25 million in one of Australia’s largest carbon credit funds – around 10 per cent of the fund’s overall capital target.
The Gasele Nursing Station in Kadavu is now powered by solar energy following the completion of a new installation by the Core Energy team earlier this month. The upgrade provides the facility with a reliable electricity supply, improving vaccine storage capacity and supporting healthcare workers in delivering better medical services to the community. The project marks another step in the Ministry’s efforts to improve access to reliable and equitable healthcare services for people living in rural and maritime areas. The Ministry also acknowledged the contribution of Core Energy, its development partners and the Gasele community for helping deliver the project.…
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces Engineers Regiment has completed a five-day field deployment under Exercise Vau Dei, strengthening the combat engineering skills and operational readiness of its personnel. The annual training exercise placed troops in simulated operational environments where they carried out a range of combat engineering tasks. These included minefield clearance, route searches, tree felling, water crossing operations, urban and semi-urban manoeuvres, and tactical rappelling to support troop mobility. Personnel also conducted countermobility activities such as obstacle construction, demolition tasks and terrain denial operations, while establishing defensive positions, camouflage and sustainable field support systems. A high-intensity SOSRA demonstration…
URANIUM WRAP: Shares in Peninsula Energy tumbled early following the withdrawal of its CY26 production guidance, while Paladin anticipates production to rise at Langer Heinrich.
Residents and road users in Suva are set to benefit from major upgrades aimed at improving safety, easing traffic congestion and strengthening connections across key areas of the city. Two projects, the Ratu Sukuna Road Upgrading Project and the Extension Street Road Link to Brown Street Project, were officially launched today as part of the Government’s broader investment in Fiji’s transport infrastructure. The 2.7-kilometre Ratu Sukuna Road upgrade will include pavement rehabilitation, improved drainage systems, new kerbs and channels, continuous dual pedestrian footpaths, safer pedestrian crossings, upgraded road signs and enhanced traffic management. For people travelling around the Colonial War…
The largest “wave” of Team Fiji athletes and officials for the 2026 Commonwealth Games departed Nadi on Sunday morning for the long two-day journey to Glasgow. The 29-member group included Chef de Mission Ajay Ballu, Team Manager Jane Wong-Niubalau, the basketball, bowls and swimming teams, as well as Dr Wong and two physiotherapists from the medical team. The team travelled via Melbourne and Dubai, where swimmer Anahira McCutcheon joined the group. Fellow swimmer Tolu Young met up with the team in Glasgow after completing a four-day training camp in Europe, en route from his college in the United States. Team…
Wesfarmers and its Chilean joint venture partner have greenlit a $1.4 billion investment to double spodumene production at the Mt Holland lithium operation.
Synergy has agreed to buy all the energy from Neoen’s Narrogin wind farm, in move which has paved the way for construction to begin on the massive renewable project.