This article is part of a series of blog items contributed by Charles Broad, Convenor of the Pacific Exporters' Network (PEN). The aim is to assist our understanding of the new economic order that Covid 19 will trigger in coming months and years. The views expressed are the result of research over the last 2 years aided by the unprecedented... Keep Reading

As well as being our ambassador to Mauritius and the Seychelles and and now high commissioner to the bankrupted Pacific republic of Nauru, Shane Jones is New Zealand's representative on several fishing agencies that effectively control the industry in the Pacific. These bodies, he says, are "a reminder of human nature. Keep Reading

Whenever presenting on the economy, the first question I get almost always relates to the elevated level of the New Zealand dollar. People are often concerned that that the exchange rate is too high or too volatile and believe that these problems could be addressed by running monetary policy differently. Concern about the exchange rate is understan Keep Reading

My experience of business organisations is that members are practical people who want practical solutions to the issues that face them. I readily sympathise. We all want to shape the world in the way we would like it to be, to do our job and get on with life. The problem is that life and the world is becoming an increasingly complex place. Economic Keep Reading