Pacific Diplomacy: New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in Auckland for talks with Niue PM Dalton Tagelagi, Fiji’s Sakiasi Ditoka and Samoa’s Afioga Fata Ryan Schuster, aiming to keep the NZ–Niue constitutional relationship strong and deepen cooperation on trade, security and investment. Regional Security & Governance: PNG PM James Marape will personally oversee Correctional Services after prison escapes and deadly incidents tied to crumbling infrastructure, while Fiji reports over NZ$3b in illicit drugs circulating over three years and moves to strengthen counter-narcotics capacity. Business & Workforce: Fiji’s civil service “right-sizing” signals public-sector reform, and PNG business leaders are questioning government plans to expand the workforce. Tourism & Oceans: The Pacific Tourism Organisation joined the Australia-Pacific Ocean Business Leaders Summit to push sustainable tourism as a partner in ocean stewardship, climate adaptation and conservation. Climate Watch: Pacific communities are urged to stay alert as El Niño strengthens and extreme weather risk rises, with guidance to follow daily forecasts from national meteorological offices.