Niue Budget Watch: Niue MPs are grilling the newly re-elected government over its first 2026/27 budget, pointing to a widening deficit ($83.4m spending vs $65.8m revenue) and asking why community development and social welfare—once major recurrent costs—have been left out of stated priorities; the bill is now with the Public Accounts Committee, while MPs also flag shifts in education funding and questions around tourism investment and the Niue International Trust Fund. Sports & Youth: Fiji, Niue and Vanuatu have named their teams for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games starting 23 July, with Fiji’s 58-athlete squad set across eight sports. Creative Industries: Auckland Theatre Company’s “Sons of Vao” debuts as a Niuean play, using theatre to process identity and family history. Climate Finance & Energy: Pacific leaders and partners are pushing to close ocean conservation funding gaps ahead of Our Ocean, while Pacific governments back fossil-fuel phase-out efforts and warn that fuel shocks expose how renewable targets still lag delivery. Fisheries & Food Security: Pacific nations are advancing a climate-driven tuna Advanced Warning System under a Green Climate Fund programme, as tuna shifts threaten incomes and food security.