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Economics

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

November 6, 2024

A personal perspective on USAID as an organisation

Economics

Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID

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Economics

Climate Change Commission plan ‘big challenge’ for New Zealand

James Shaw and Marama Davidson

Economics

How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate

Economics

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

Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama

Economics

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

September 18, 2021

Economics

HSBC accused of being ‘dirty banker’ financing palm oil forest destruction

January 17, 2017

Economics

Freeport’s $3.8b divestment mine deal – what it actually means

July 15, 2018

The author, Joe Hendren, stands in Martyr's Square, Beruit

Economics

Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of...

November 21, 2024

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

Former Kiribati President Anote Tong

Economics

Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president

July 14, 2022

Economics

Bryan Bruce: Staring into the face of the TPPA ‘shamocracy’

April 10, 2016

The New Caledonia Congress in session in November 2024

Economics

New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package

January 2, 2025

NZ climate action protest

Economics

Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’

February 3, 2021

Panguna mine . . . the flooding

Economics

Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

June 7, 2023

PNG shipping of oil and hydrocarbons

Economics

PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste...

July 16, 2024

The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires

Economics

Anger in Hawai’i over threat of land grabs after wildfire disaster

August 22, 2023

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)

Economics

China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

June 3, 2022

Economics

PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu...

August 31, 2016

Economics

Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...

June 13, 2017

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

Economics

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025

Port Moresby housing

Economics

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

January 6, 2021

PIF Zoom

Economics

Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc

August 7, 2021

Pharmaceutical supplies

Economics

PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row

October 22, 2020

The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua

Economics

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

March 2, 2025

Economics

Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

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July 18, 2016

Outgoing New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

Economics

‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government

December 27, 2024

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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

The March for Peace in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 20

Economics

The new Middle East: How the Old Order died and what...

Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall

Culture

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

Iranian American international affairs professor Vali Nasr

Analysis

Trump’s war on Iran ends with a ‘triumphant’ Tehran and a...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

EDITOR'S PICKS

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...

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Economics

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum

Bougainville

PNG’s ruling party supports 15-year transition period for Bougainville

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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

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

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...

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Economics

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback