AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPacific Media Leadership: Papua New Guinea media leader Neville Choi has been elected President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), taking over from Kalafi Moala, with Solomon Islands journalist Lisa Osifelo elected vice president—an important shift as PINA looks ahead to Papua New Guinea hosting the Pacific Media Summit in 2028. Climate at the UN: Pacific leaders used the UN General Assembly to press urgent action on sea-level rise and climate finance, with Tuvalu’s PM Feleti Teo calling it a “present reality” and urging grants at the scale needed for loss and damage. Ocean science for Niue and the region: Australia’s CSIRO will run a major Pacific Ocean research voyage from 27 September to 16 December, docking in Fiji and New Zealand and travelling through waters including Niue. Regional cooperation on revenue: Palau is hosting the Pacific Islands Tax Administrators Association annual heads meeting, bringing Niue and other delegations together to strengthen tax systems and public services. Local honours in NZ: Niuean community elder Vai Kumitau received a King’s Birthday honour in Wellington for decades of supporting Niuean language and community life in Dunedin.
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