Pacific climate diplomacy: Forum foreign ministers backed a stronger climate push ahead of COP31, urging more climate finance, renewable energy investment, and Pacific-led Pre-COP31 meetings, with priorities including keeping 1.5°C within reach, boosting access to funding, and elevating the ocean-climate link. Regional environment governance: SPREP’s fifth Executive Board meeting in Samoa put “triple planetary crises” (climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution) at the centre, with Wallis-et-Futuna chairing for the first time and stressing that smaller territories’ concerns must be represented. Marine protection and security: Samoa used the WCPFC scientific session to press for stronger fish stock monitoring and tighter EEZ security, coordinating operations against illegal fishing and trafficking and raising EEZ boundary coordination that includes Niue. Fisheries strategy for the decade: FFA and SPC delivered outcomes from the 2026 Fisheries Ministers Meetings, including the Vakamanu 2026–2035 regional fisheries and aquaculture framework, a single 10-year plan spanning offshore, coastal and aquaculture. Niue in the spotlight: The U.S. announced diplomatic recognition of Niue at a Pacific summit, alongside infrastructure support for resilient, climate-aware development. Culture with an environmental lens: A Niue artist’s Auckland exhibition blends hiapo patterns, Vagahau Niue, and themes of ancestry, identity, and environmental awareness.