Sitiveni Rabuka says he is confident of securing the votes needed to push the 150-page bill toward a referendum, as parliament debates changes to Fiji's constitution.

Tropical Storm Choi-Wan has brought strong winds and heavy rain to Saipan, forcing schools and government offices in to close and causing several power outages.

The Journalists Association of Samoa is demanding answers over the removal of a journalist's camera and the deletion of photographs taken while she was covering a public event.

Fiji has one of the fastest-growing HIV rates in the world, with the government declaring an HIV emergency last month as one in 60 Fijian adults is now living with the virus.

Super Rugby Pacific champions have boosted their squad by keeping Fehi Fineanganofo and the arrival of Tupou Ta'eiloa.

Cooks Beach and Hahei volunteer fire crews were among those who responded to fall from Shakespeare Cliff.

The PHO said the review was being done to ensure the concerns in Pahiatua Medical Centre were not "existing in other areas".

MPs remember the former Speaker during his tangi at Whangaehu Marae.

Panners from more than 20 countries have been racing to extract minuscule flakes as accurately as possible.

Canterbury's city and district councils will soon move from the three tsunami evacuation zones to a single blue tsunami evacuation zone.