Socio-Economics

October 26, 2016

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

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces criticism for bullying

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

Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal versus Targeted Assistance, a Muddled Dichotomy

‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says...

September 18, 2023

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?

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July 10, 2019

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

October 2, 2023

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

November 27, 2025

NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...

September 7, 2023

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

November 26, 2021

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

May 20, 2022

Top journo students honoured on USP’s award night

October 26, 2016

Fijian PM Rabuka hints at ‘historic’ referendum after landmark court ruling

September 1, 2025

‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open

June 11, 2025

Keith Rankin Essay – The Coming Plight of Aotearoan Women in...

November 2, 2022

Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal versus Targeted Assistance, a Muddled Dichotomy

May 20, 2020

Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place

March 20, 2024

Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now...

December 31, 2020

‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’,...

October 27, 2024

How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and...

April 27, 2025

NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...

January 28, 2025

Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump

April 15, 2025

1.2m Indonesian workers laid off as coronavirus crushes economy

April 10, 2020

Fiji faces more children being in trouble over ‘ice’, warns FCOSS

July 31, 2023

PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum

October 12, 2023

US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister

March 21, 2025

Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team

March 1, 2023

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

September 1, 2023

PNG seabed mining an environment experiment based on ‘false hope’, say...

December 14, 2016

Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health...

May 21, 2021

PNG’s opposition blasts O’Neill over ‘fake budget, fake revenues’

December 6, 2017

O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike

October 15, 2018

Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

August 5, 2025

NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say...

May 17, 2022

NCDs in the Pacific a ‘man-made crisis’, says FAO

November 1, 2016

Keith Rankin Analysis – Borrowing Hurdles: Unintended Consequences arising from Wilful...

March 23, 2022

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

August 19, 2025

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

November 25, 2024

PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’

October 21, 2025

Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy

January 11, 2025

Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine

February 16, 2022

Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change...

February 18, 2023

Top journo students honoured at USP’s award night

October 26, 2016

Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’