Regional Leadership: Niue-experienced lawyer and academic Jiutasa Lagilagi Rasaca Vosikata has joined Fiji’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which aims to build trust and unity among communities. Language & Identity: In Southland, Niue-born Tracey Taulu Kuresa and Tau Fifine Niue are preparing a Niue Language Week market to bring people together around Vagahau Niue. The week’s theme calls for working together to strengthen the language, spoken by only about 11 per cent of Niueans in New Zealand. Indigenous Stewardship: Pacific conservation leaders say ocean protection funding should be shaped by communities and customary leaders, not short-term projects imposed from outside. Niue’s Future: The Asian Development Bank’s new five-year Pacific strategy includes Niue, with priorities spanning essential services, climate resilience and infrastructure suited to island communities. Island Life: A new travel feature spotlights Niue’s clear waters, whale encounters, caves and dark skies as an uncrowded alternative to busier Pacific destinations.