Pacific Climate Finance & Community Delivery: The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) is taking 14 community projects to the global climate stage ahead of Fiji pre-COP meetings and COP31 in Türkiye, with each member allocated up to US$20,000 to prove the Pacific-owned fund can deliver directly to communities—projects span water security, food production, coastal restoration, sanitation, renewable energy and resilience, including Palau’s Coral Youth Council water work and revived traditional planting, plus Tuvalu, Fiji and the Marshall Islands’ water-focused nominations. Ports & Logistics: The US, with New Zealand managing and contributing NZ$10m, is backing a US$60m deep-sea port at Penrhyn (Cook Islands), a former WWII base—an infrastructure move tied to rising Pacific strategic competition. Pacific Islands Forum Watch: Leaders are converging in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum under “Building Economies: Life. Action. Unity,” with Niue’s PM Dalton Tagelagi among those meeting in Auckland first; the agenda is set to test regional unity amid geopolitics, transnational crime, energy security and economic pressure. Realm of NZ Coordination: New Zealand says ties with its Realm partners (Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau) are “strong and stable” after renewed “family reunion” talks, aiming to align priorities before the Palau summit.