Welcome to Suva City Online in the Fiji Islands. The Suva City Council is the municipal law-making body of the city of Suva, Fiji's capital. It consists of 20 Councillors, elected for three-year terms from four multi-member constituencies called wards. Councillors, who are elected by residents, landowners, and representatives of corporations owning or occupying ratable property in Suva, elect a Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor from among their own members; they serve one-year terms and are eligible for reelection. The current Lord Mayor is Ratu Peni Volavola of the United Fiji Party (SDL); his Deputy is Josefa Gavidi, also of the SDL.

This Suva City Council website provides information for both visitors and citizens. We hope you find the site useful, informative and fun. A vibrant city with strong community values, recognised for its quality lifestyle, dynamic investment opportunities and as a desirable place to live, work and visit."

In this 21st Century our city will face many challenges, to some of these challenges we will have to adapt, to others we can respond. The measure of our success will be the extent to which we respond to the challenges we can overcome.

The second action taken by the Council was to begin work on this Strategic Plan. This plan is about choosing our destiny, about choosing a destiny delivered by accident, or choosing a destiny delivered by vision and purpose.

Whose vision were we to implement? This is where the principles of good governance first came to our assistance, if the people of Suva sought reform, then they would wish to participate in the process of reform. To this end the third action taken by the Council was to provide the opportunity for the community to participate directly in designing the vision.

We have now taken advice from many people, including engineers, architects, health workers, sports administrators, environmentalists and welfare groups. Openness and participation with the community are the cornerstones of this plan. This moment in our history may be more important to the future of the city than we now realize, it is for this reason that I ask you all to carefully consider the endvi- sioned ideals discussed in this Strategic Plan and I'm also looking forwards to your full support which is vital to the successful realisation of our vision of the new horizon for the City of Suva.

View Library Week Speech By Lord Mayor Of Suva

Fiji Boxing National Championship and final trial for 2008 Oceania Olympic qualifying rounds, 6 and 7 December 2007, Lower Auditorium, Suva Civic Centre (06-07 December 2007)

Fiji Open Darts Championships, from 6 to 9 December 2007, China Club, Nasese, Suva; Annual Sukuna Bowl Competition, Post Fiji Stadium, Suva. (07 December 2007)

Seminar on the Situation of Violence against Women in Fiji,from 11am, Fiji Women's Crisis Centre Conference Room, 88 Gordon Street, Suva (07 December 2007)

MYOB Seminar and Workshop, Friday, 7 December 2007, 9am to 6.30pm, JJ's on the Park, Suva(07 December 2007)

Hapkido Black Belt Special Intense Program, begins second week of January 2008, Hyundai National Fitness Centre, National Sporting Complex, Laucala Bay, Suva.