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
Monday, August 17, 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
    • Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
      Asia Report

      Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

      The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)
      Economics

      Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s…

      Asia Report

      Fiji’s Palestine solidarity group queries ‘unprecedented’ security for Israeli embassy

      "A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East
      Asia Report

      ‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to…

      Regionalism and consensus are the best safeguards
      Asia Report

      Foreign espionage increasing in Pacific, says NZ’s spy agency

  • 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
NZ's parliamentary Beehive
Economics

Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms

APR editor -
September 1, 2023
Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo
Economics

Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into the future?

NZ's Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins
Economics

NZ election 2023: Better ways than taxation to bring down living costs – Hipkins

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta
Economics

‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket with China,’ warns Mahuta

The Newcastle coal port 24-hour blockade protest 2023
Economics

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

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama
Economics

Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need...

APR editor -
September 29, 2021
0
Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans
Economics

Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

APR editor -
May 25, 2026
0
Economics

Investments minister ‘rules out’ more palm oil plantations in Papua

APR editor -
March 3, 2020
0
Economics

Housing trust chief slams ‘short cuts’ approach to NZ homes crisis

Rahul Bhattarai -
October 26, 2018
0
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Economics

New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal

APR editor -
July 1, 2022
0
James Shaw and Marama Davidson
Economics

How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate

APR editor -
October 9, 2020
0
Economics

Shaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future

APR editor -
November 11, 2020
0
PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Economics

Papua New Guinea celebrates 49 years of independence from Australia

APR editor -
September 16, 2024
0
Economics

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

APR editor -
August 31, 2016
0
video
Economics

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

APR editor -
June 22, 2018
0
video
Economics

500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

APR editor -
November 15, 2018
0
The new sign for Kaipātiki Hot Springs
Economics

Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki

APR editor -
January 10, 2026
0
Air NZ aircraft
Economics

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

APR editor -
March 26, 2020
0
Exxon Mobil PNG's LNG plant near Port Moresby
Economics

Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project

APR editor -
January 7, 2026
0
Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center
Economics

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step...

APR editor -
July 1, 2025
0
Economics

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

Jihee Junn -
June 20, 2016
0
A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future
Economics

Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 5, 2023
0
Economics

TPP signing sparks dozens of protests across US over biggest trade...

APR editor -
February 6, 2016
0
Economics

PM Luxon talks doubling RSE in PNG – plane breakdown almost...

APR editor -
June 17, 2024
0
NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw
Economics

COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but...

APR editor -
November 2, 2021
0
Economics

Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

Rahul Bhattarai -
November 21, 2018
0
New Zealand's new energy fund initiative underpins the government’s aspirational goal of having 100 percent of electricity generated by renewable sources by 2035
Economics

10 smart ways NZ can be strategic about addressing climate change...

APR editor -
August 11, 2023
0
123...17Page 1 of 17

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

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...

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

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

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

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Editor's Picks

Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

The Cook Islands Parliament
Cook Islands

Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin
Editor's Picks

Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)
Economics

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

Asia Report

Fiji’s Palestine solidarity group queries ‘unprecedented’ security for Israeli embassy

"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East
Asia Report

‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

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

Journalist and sports marketing official Charlie Charters
Democracy

Fiji High Court orders release of seven devices seized from journalist...

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)
Economics

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East
Asia Report

‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

Editor's Picks

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

August 17, 2026
The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

August 17, 2026

Fiji’s Palestine solidarity group queries ‘unprecedented’ security for Israeli embassy

August 16, 2026
"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East

‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

August 16, 2026
Regionalism and consensus are the best safeguards

Foreign espionage increasing in Pacific, says NZ’s spy agency

August 16, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

The Cook Islands Parliament

Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

August 13, 2026
The same officials colluding in Israel’s current crimes by shipping arms to Israel

Britain’s Big Brother state is already here – we just don’t...

August 11, 2026
Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

August 17, 2026
Contesting the Cook Islands elections

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

August 11, 2026
Holocaust education

Tracy-Moana Campbell: Genocide training for NZ teachers by Israel a ludicrous...

August 16, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8489
  • Politics6315
  • Human Rights4931
  • Syndicate4839
  • Global4239
  • New Zealand3712
  • Indigenous3142
  • RNZ Pacific2685
  • Media2389
  • Pacific Media Watch2198
  • Asia Report2169
  • Democracy2108
  • Security2002
  • Military1923
  • Justice1869
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