Fisheries crackdown: Operation Tui Moana 2026 wrapped after three weeks of coordinated surveillance across the Western and Central Pacific, with FFA-led teams from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Niue, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga and Tuvalu plus Australia, New Zealand, France and the US—authorities carried out 61 vessel inspections, verified 200+ detections, and flagged four vessels of interest to deter IUU fishing and other maritime crime. Niue government reset: Returning PM Dalton Tagelagi has sworn in a four-member Cabinet with portfolios spanning police, justice, lands, health, education, tourism, oceans and fisheries, and climate change, alongside a record seven women MPs (35%). Drugs pressure rises: Fiji hosted a Pacific Transnational Crime Summit (with AFP) as seizures hit 17 tonnes since January, pushing for a region-wide response beyond law enforcement alone. Climate diplomacy: Pasifika negotiators keep pressing shipping emissions reform at the UN IMO as climate-vulnerable states clash with industrialised economies.