Emergency Readiness: The Cook Islands is building KukiMAT, a trained medical team ready to respond to disasters and reach communities across its outer islands—a regional example of preparing health services for emergencies. Climate-Resilient Services: Niue is among 14 Pacific countries covered by a US$250 million Green Climate Fund grant and Asian Development Bank financing for climate-resilient infrastructure and essential services, including health. Pacific Health Priorities: Leaders challenged political parties in a New Zealand election forum to address wellness, long waits and workforce shortages, with debate over whether health policy should explicitly recognise Pacific identities, including Niuean. Tobacco Control: A new WHO report says five billion people live in countries with strong tobacco controls, but urges governments to do more to help people quit.