Health & Prevention: Labour candidate Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa says New Zealand’s health system should be fixed before people reach hospital, with more focus on primary care and prevention, and she links the push to Pacific community experience and representation. Climate Loss & Damage Media Access: Pacific editors adopted the Savusavu Loss and Damage Media Forum Declaration, calling for timely, transparent access to loss-and-damage information and stronger accountability from governments and regional agencies, framed as climate justice for Pacific communities. Ocean & Marine Protection Research: CSIRO will lead a major Pacific Ocean voyage (Sept–Dec 2026) from Fiji toward Antarctica, with Pacific researchers onboard, to track how the ocean is absorbing heat and carbon and how marine ecosystems are changing. UNGA Climate Warnings: Pacific leaders told the UN General Assembly that sea-level rise is already here, and urged climate finance at the scale needed to address unavoidable impacts and growing loss and damage. Conservation Funding for the Blue Pacific: Bezos Earth Fund announced new grants for tropical Pacific conservation, including support for marine protected area proposals under the UN High Seas Treaty. Biodiversity Resilience Story: A report revisits Bikini Atoll’s nuclear legacy, noting Stanford researchers found giant corals, sharks and tuna thriving decades later in the crater.