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Economics

State must fund urgent Filipino health, social needs now, say economists

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

March 23, 2020

Al Jazeera's senior political and media analyst Marwan Bishara

Economics

Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy

Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Economics

NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare

The gas and diesel price sign at Ace's One Stop fuel station in Majuro

Economics

Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket

Outspoken Rob Campbell, ousted as chair of two major government agencies

Economics

Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed to serve

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

Economics

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...

February 14, 2025

Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama

Economics

Richard Naidu: The Fawlty Towers government – everything they touch...

September 18, 2021

The port of Noumea in New Caledonia . . . unions had sought an across-the-board pay increase of 6 percent in the private sector to offset inflation

Economics

New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners

December 20, 2022

President of the Congress of New Caledonia Roch Wamytan

Economics

Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement

July 25, 2022

Economics

Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble

May 12, 2020

Professor Biman Prasad (left) and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in December 2022

Economics

‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation

October 29, 2025

Economics

#COP21: ‘Counting the Cost’ – constructive conference or a waste of...

December 8, 2015

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Economics

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

March 29, 2023

Chinese sulky silence with Pacific media

Economics

How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom

July 14, 2022

Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Economics

NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare

May 18, 2023

Economics

Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?

July 29, 2018

Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad

Economics

Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild...

September 1, 2023

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Economics

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

April 18, 2026

Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield

Economics

US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if...

November 6, 2024

New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

Economics

Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t

May 22, 2025

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Economics

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

November 25, 2024

Economics

Time for Xanana Gusmao to step up and fix Timor-Leste’s problems

May 26, 2018

Who next, after the US kidnapping of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, incurs the Don’s displeasure?

Economics

Trump’s gift-wrapped Maduro package has done the world a favour –...

January 4, 2026

Economics

Media suffer ‘devastating’ blows on both sides of the Tasman

Sri Krishnamurthi -

April 3, 2020

Economics

‘Flight of the myna’ – behind the smiles in post-coup Fiji...

Sri Krishnamurthi -

September 12, 2018

Economics

Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent

October 23, 2017

Economics

Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar

June 7, 2017

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Economics

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Economics

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Children have clear advice for politicians at Auckland's March for Peace

Asia Report

People power against Trump’s wars – act against NZ ‘war mineral’...

All Blacks captain 2026 Ardie Savea

Editor's Picks

‘One of the greatest honours in sport’ – Ardie Savea as...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Gaza flotilla humanitarian activist Hāhona Ormsby

Asia Report

‘Take this seriously’ – flotilla activist claims beating allegations ignored by...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

Economics

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

The executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz

Asia Report

Saige England: Praise for Australia’s Jewish Council but NZ’s council is...

The leftwing heart of the Labour Party were upset by Starmer's support for Israel.

Analysis

Palestine Action ‘terror’ sentencing, Starmer resignation but Labour change unlikely over...

Pro-Palestine protesters set off a blood-red flare outside the US Consulate in the peaceful March for Peace demonstration in Auckland

Analysis

Paul Hopkinson: Why NZ’s ‘Free Palestine’ party seeks to put Gaza...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

Economics

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

The executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, Sarah Schwartz

Asia Report

Saige England: Praise for Australia’s Jewish Council but NZ’s council is...

The leftwing heart of the Labour Party were upset by Starmer's support for Israel.

Analysis

Palestine Action ‘terror’ sentencing, Starmer resignation but Labour change unlikely over...

Four days before the Kanaky New Caledonia provincial elections, the pro-independence Kanak Workers and Exploited Workers' Union (USTKE) has announced its voting preferences in all three provinces

Elections

Alcohol sales banned in New Caledonia as provincial election approaches