Climate & Disaster Readiness: The 8th Pacific Meteorological Council meeting highlighted upgrades across the region, including Tonga’s new Joint Multi-Hazard Early Warning Services Centre, Kiribati’s funding to upgrade surface weather stations and upper-air systems, and Tuvalu’s use of AI to speed up and improve severe weather forecasting. Education & Skills Pipeline: New Zealand’s NCEA review shows strong support for improving the senior secondary qualification, with most educators and industry submitters backing tweaks rather than replacing NCEA outright—while the government’s plan would phase in new certificates from 2028 to 2030. Pasifika Fashion & Creative Industry: The Pacific Fusion Fashion Show wrapped up New Zealand Fashion Week celebrating its 10-year milestone, spotlighting 13 designers and positioning Pasifika creativity as a long-running platform for local industry growth.