Niue Cabinet & Health Portfolio: Dalton Tagelagi has sworn in a three-minister Cabinet and assigned portfolios after his re-election, with Kahealani Hekau taking responsibility for health (alongside education and tourism), while Richie Mautama leads police, corrections and disaster management, and Rhonda Tiakia covers justice, lands, agriculture, environment and meteorology. Oral Health Cost Crisis: A Niuean man’s $2,000-plus dental bill after delaying care highlights how cost and fear can keep people away, with Pasifika adults in New Zealand reporting higher unmet oral healthcare needs; calls are growing to fund routine dental checks and expand publicly funded adult dental care. Moana Pasifika Ownership Uncertainty: NZ Rugby declined to confirm whether Pacific unions—including Niue—back the Kanaloa Consortium bid for Moana Pasifika as liquidation continues and the fight over the franchise’s next chapter intensifies. Pacific Health & Security Link: A Pacific Security College report argues the methamphetamine surge across the region is driving an HIV epidemic and calls for a Pacific Islands Forum-led summit that brings health and law enforcement together.