Home Economics

Economics

Random

The Newcastle coal port 24-hour blockade protest 2023

Economics

Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

November 11, 2024

NZ Budget 2022

Economics

NZ Budget 2022: Record $11.1 billion post-covid boost for health system

Prime Minister of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Economics

NZ to provide $15m to support Samoa over climate change action

Fiji Trades Union Congress board member Daniel Urai (left) and Fiji Trade Union Congress national secretary Felix Anthony

Economics

Call for legal shield for Fiji National Provident Fund in review hearing

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Economics

Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps

Economics

Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

Economics

West Papua: Mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

December 16, 2015

Just over half of New Zealanders surveyed - including Pacific Islanders - reported they were financially stressed

Economics

More than half of New Zealanders struggling financially, says survey

August 15, 2023

Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape greeted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta

Economics

Marape flags Pertamina fuel deal amid trade, bilateral talks in Indonesia

April 1, 2022

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

Economics

Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

January 23, 2026

Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad

Economics

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

September 1, 2023

PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill speaks to media

Economics

PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill

June 13, 2023

Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo

Economics

Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into...

May 12, 2022

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad

Economics

Fiji tax system – ‘we’ll look after our vulnerable people’, says...

April 23, 2023

A US protester holds placards reading ‘’war making is a crime’’

Economics

‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...

March 23, 2026

Economics

Climate change costs at-risk countries $525 billion in damage, says report

June 13, 2022

Fiji Parliament

Economics

Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief

June 3, 2024

NZ's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and deputy Carmel Sepuloni

Economics

NZ’s incoming PM Chris Hipkins singles out ‘global inflation pandemic’ as...

January 23, 2023

Suburban housing in Dunedin

Economics

The coming storm for New Zealand’s future retirees: still renting and...

March 30, 2022

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

February 27, 2025

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

Epidemic Response Committee

Economics

NZ lockdown – Day 9: How many Covid-19 cases does nation...

April 3, 2020

Pacific Islands Forum flags

Economics

More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

Economics

#COP21: The Paris climate agreement: The real work starts now

December 14, 2015

Level 3 takeaways

Economics

Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after...

April 28, 2020

Propped up economy

Economics

Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

Papuan students, with their body and face painted with the colours of the banned Morning Star flag

Economics

Indonesia’s new plans for Papua can’t hide its decades of failures

June 22, 2022

12 3...16 Page 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

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

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

Scenes from the Bondi Royal Commission

Analysis

NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission

Papua's Tom Beanal

Economics

Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

Niue's Dalton Tagelagi

Democracy

Close vote sees Niue’s Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister

An Auckland Writers' Festival vigil with Marika (left) and Kathy

Asia Report

Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

Asia Report

Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

Analysis

Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Papua's Tom Beanal

Economics

Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’

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 military pictured boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla yacht Abodes

Asia Report

Türkiye condemns new Israeli ‘piracy’ against Gaza aid flotilla in international...

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

Analysis

Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

Papua's Tom Beanal

Economics

Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’