Climate Resilience (Niue-relevant): Fiji communities are using Indigenous environmental signals—like wild yam vine behaviour, plus insects and sea observations—to spot cyclone risk months ahead, showing how traditional knowledge can complement modern forecasting as storms intensify. Pacific Languages & Publishing: A new multilingual poetry anthology, The Ocean Remembers, puts Cook Islands Māori, Niuean, Sāmoan, Tongan and Solomon Islands Pijin at the centre, supported by Tala: Sharing Pacific Stories to mentor Pacific writers and strengthen cultural identity through language. Ocean & Tourism Governance: The Pacific Tourism Organisation joined the Australia-Pacific Ocean Business Leaders Summit in Cairns, positioning tourism as a partner in ocean stewardship, climate adaptation and sustainable development alongside Niue Ocean Wide and other regional groups. Health Workforce (Niue connection): ProCare awarded Pacific nursing scholarships to top Unitec graduates, including Niuean/Niuean-linked recipients, to grow primary care leadership for Pacific communities. Travel Tech (regional): South Pacific Pocket Guide launched VanuatuPocketGuide.com after a research trip, expanding digital travel planning with hundreds of articles and photos to help travellers and local operators. Culture & Identity (gender diversity): A Global Voices spotlight highlights that gender fluidity traditions exist across many Pacific cultures, including Niue’s fiafifine, challenging the idea that it’s a “new” Western concept. Public Health (obesity): A feature spotlights Nauru’s extremely high obesity rate and the food-system and economic shifts behind it, underscoring how uneven nutrition outcomes can be across the Pacific.