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New players are joining the race to provide satellite broadband to rural communities through a constellation of satellites travelling less than 2000km above the Earth.

Consumers are frequenting central business districts less and changing when they shop and take part in leisure activities, a Mastercard chief economist says .

Economic activity has remained elevated in the third quarter of the year, driven by stronger tourism activity and solid household spending.

The housing affordability crisis is continuing to grow in Queenstown Lakes, even as property values decline across the rest of the country.

Dunedin Mayor Jules Radich says there is "no cause for alarm" over news there were hundreds of Covid-19-positive cruise passengers on a ship that docked in Dunedin.

More than 800 covid cases in Tuvalu; Torres wants election debates in Marianas; and PNG suffer embarrassing football loss

Emerging tourism leaders are urging young people to start thinking of the industry as a career and not just short-term jobs on the way to something better.

Palau has raised the issue of its prized jellyfish and the economic impact of losing millions of them, during talks at Cop27 in Egypt.

Tourism leaders are grappling with the future of their industry as the impacts and disruptions of climate change become more widely felt. Audio

A multi-million dollar fund is now available for innovative tourism projects to help the industry become more sustainable and resilient.

With international tourists back in the country and a promising summer on the horizon, the tourism industry has begun recovering and looking towards its future.

New Caledonia fire suspect's revelation; Papuan girl rushed to hospital after being shot; and American Samoa makes major progress on covid

Auckland's major events calendar looks alarmingly empty from 2024 and the city's culture and economic agency says it urgently needs to find $20 million a year to start filling it.

Auckland Council's cultural and economic development agency Tātaki Auckland Unlimited says it is short of nearly $20 million to attract visitors to the city.

Analysis - It seems like we have heard a lot from new Auckland mayor Wayne Brown. But we haven't. The weekday statements and the release of table-thumping letters are mostly the work of his closest…

French Polynesia's tourism agency says it aims for a cap on visitor numbers in an updated strategy to make the industry sustainable.

Pacific leaders will be pressing developed nations for payment at the United Nations' climate conference known as COP27 this week in Egypt. Audio

Ishmael Kalsakau has been elected as the 13th Prime Minister of the republic of Vanuatu.