CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Thursday, May 28, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for
      Economics

      NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

      Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels
      Analysis

      Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

      Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025
      Analysis

      US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture…

      The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
      Asia Report

      ‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

      Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
      Asia Report

      Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Home Economics

Economics

Random
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad
Economics

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

APR editor -
September 1, 2023
The new New Zealand investment bill is convoluted and would significantly reduce effective scrutiny of foreign investments
Economics

Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?

NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for
Economics

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

Economics

Shifting demographics in West Papua highlight conflict, says academic

Koniambo Nickel
Economics

Mothballed northern New Caledonia nickel company appoints new chair

Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua
Economics

‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

APR editor -
February 21, 2023
0
NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for
Economics

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

APR editor -
May 28, 2026
0
Drone footage of Atafu, a low-lying motu of Tokelau
Economics

Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

APR editor -
January 23, 2026
0
video
Economics

Chinese president meets PNG’s O’Neill, pledging ‘deepening cooperation’

APR editor -
June 22, 2018
0
Economics

Climate change hits low-lying islands in Bougainville

PMC Reporter -
November 10, 2016
0
Labour Day in NZ
Economics

Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness

APR editor -
October 26, 2020
0
Economics

West Papua: Mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

APR editor -
December 16, 2015
0
The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
Economics

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

APR editor -
April 17, 2026
0
Economics

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

PMC Reporter -
May 30, 2019
0
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has shown no sign he is capable of leading the rejuvenation policy the party needs
Economics

NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with...

APR editor -
October 2, 2023
0
Teachers from Otahuhu Primary School among the thousands at today's "mega strike" rally
Economics

Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’

APR editor -
October 23, 2025
0
video
Economics

Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar

APR editor -
June 7, 2017
0
Economics

COP21: Indonesian forest fires hot issue for global climate summit

David Robie -
December 9, 2015
0
PNG's K1 billion Provincial and District Services Improvement Programme
Economics

PNG rural agency condemns ‘ghost projects’ in K1 billion delivery cash...

APR editor -
January 29, 2023
0
Economics

Shaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future

APR editor -
November 11, 2020
0
Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Economics

UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

APR editor -
November 29, 2021
0
"We are all learning lessons about the FijiFirst party (FFP)."
Economics

Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still...

APR editor -
June 17, 2023
0
Economics

Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events –...

Scott Waide -
November 17, 2018
0
Mining giant RioTinto
Economics

Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant

APR editor -
July 24, 2024
0
Iran’s navy successfully launched the Sayyad-3G naval air defence missile
Economics

How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...

APR editor -
February 23, 2026
0
All smiles FTimes
Economics

Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering

APR editor -
March 1, 2021
0
NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package
Economics

Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

APR editor -
February 20, 2023
0
123...16Page 1 of 16

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

Load more

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

Load more

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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels
Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport
Asia Report

Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

EDITOR'S PICKS

NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for
Economics

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels
Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025
Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Load more

MOST COMMENTS

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

The moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down
Crime

Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025
Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
Asia Report

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

Editor's Picks

NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

May 28, 2026
Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

May 28, 2026
Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

May 27, 2026
The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

May 27, 2026
Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

May 27, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

May 23, 2026
US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

May 26, 2026
NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for

NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

May 28, 2026
ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

May 27, 2026
Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans

Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

May 25, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8296
  • Politics6091
  • Human Rights4744
  • Syndicate4611
  • Global4023
  • New Zealand3574
  • Indigenous2973
  • RNZ Pacific2599
  • Media2306
  • Pacific Media Watch2038
  • Asia Report2022
  • Democracy1954
  • Security1917
  • Military1783
  • Justice1720
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz