Home Economics

Economics

Random

Small island developing states facing the lowest global ODA level since 2014

Economics

Pacific nations among hardest hit as global aid drops, says OECD

July 2, 2026

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

Economics

UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

Economics

China plans ‘greener, cleaner’ industry but faces complex challenges

The new sign for Kaipātiki Hot Springs

Economics

Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki

Economics

Environmental damage, social conflicts overshadow Indonesia’s palm oil future

Cuban doctors arriving back from Italy following the covid outbreak in 2020

Economics

The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

May 25, 2026

Freeport smelter

Economics

Jokowi breaks ground on Freeport Indonesia’s $3b gold smelter

October 15, 2021

Economics

Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

January 22, 2019

Economics

COP21: Indonesian forest fires hot issue for global climate summit

December 9, 2015

Economics

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

May 26, 2018

Air NZ aircraft

Economics

Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom

March 26, 2020

"Housing is a human right"

Economics

John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial...

September 9, 2022

A home destroyed in tribal fighting in PNG's Highlands

Economics

NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea...

February 2, 2026

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to the Fijian community in Sydney

Economics

Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to...

October 20, 2023

Economics

Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

KINJAP Peter S. -

July 18, 2016

Decades after the nuclear tests, Pacific people still endure many consequences

Economics

Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight...

October 29, 2025

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Economics

‘We’re victims of global power play’ – Pacific backs India, says...

May 22, 2023

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Economics

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

June 15, 2026

Port Moresby housing

Economics

Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental...

January 6, 2021

Azerbaijian’s National Assembly Chair Sahiba Gafarova (left) and pro-independence New Caledonia Congress member Omayra Naisseline

Economics

Controversial Azerbaijan deal sparks fresh row in New Caledonia

April 26, 2024

Economics

Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 30, 2018

Mining giant RioTinto

Economics

Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant

July 24, 2024

Previous tariff announcements by the Trump administration dropped sand into the cogs of international trade

Economics

New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs –...

April 3, 2025

Drone footage of Atafu, a low-lying motu of Tokelau

Economics

Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

January 23, 2026

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Economics

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

September 1, 2026

Economics

Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems...

November 13, 2020

Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield

Economics

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

November 6, 2024

12 3...18 Page 1 of 18

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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

Palestinian media political prisoners

Asia Report

37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

Cartoon: © 2026 Malcolm Evans

Cartoons

Malcolm Evans: Lipstick on a pig – UK ‘resets’ Israel policy

About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji

Development

‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies, says health...

Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu's HIV warning

Fiji

Fiji declares HIV emergency as 1 in 60 Fijian adults live...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

Analysis

The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

Protesters march down Auckland's Queen St

Climate

Greenpeace protests Conservation Amendment Bill in downtown Auckland

Author Naomi Klein . . . "Either you bunker - either you just protect you and yours - or . . .

AI

‘End Times Fascism’ – Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor on billionaires, bunkers,...

Fiji's HIV crisis

Editor's Picks

‘We are very open’: Fiji’s tourism minister says HIV emergency should...

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

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor receiving the Venice Special Jury Prize for their critical Gaza war film

Analysis

The controversial documentary NAZA: 10 reasons to defend this whistleblower war...

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Civil Society

Gallery: ‘Save our land – sell Luxon instead’ message at NZ...

Fiji's 2013 Constitution

Democracy

Fiji targets new constitution by Christmas Eve as watchdog warns of...