Pacific Weddings & Funerals on TVNZ: A new 40-minute documentary, 400 Weddings and a Funeral, is built for anyone who wants to get Pacific protocols right—sharing dos and don’ts across Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji and Niue through interviews with cultural knowledge holders. Niue Leadership: Tagelagi has been re-elected as Niue PM, keeping the spotlight on local governance. Drug Crisis Push: A Pacific Security College paper warns methamphetamine use is spreading beyond trafficking routes, with a regional summit proposed to tackle the surge through a whole-of-society response. Music & Culture: Che Fu is set for induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame on 28 May, with his conscious hip hop and Niuean-Māori roots highlighted around the 25th anniversary of Navigator. Language Week Momentum: Rotuma Language Week in Aotearoa is spotlighting a community of fewer than 1,000 people, urging people to “treasure, nurture and teach” the language—while Niue Language Week is listed for 18–24 October. Fashion & Innovation: Iris van Herpen’s mid-career retrospective opens at the Brooklyn Museum, celebrating her early 3D-printed wearable breakthrough and ongoing material experiments.