AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoRealm of New Zealand Talks: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met with Niue PM Dalton Tagelagi, Cook Islands PM Mark Brown and Tokelau’s Ulu Alapati Tavite in Auckland for the first four-way “Realm” leaders meeting, aiming to line up priorities ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. Pacific Islands Forum Focus: Smaller island states leaders in Koror kicked off the 55th Forum week with a united push for action on transport, fisheries, health workforce support, procurement and climate finance access under the B.E.L.A.U theme. Niue WWI Remembrance: 39 memorial headstones were delivered to Niue by an RNZAF C-130J, marking a project to honour Niuean First World War servicemen who volunteered with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Climate Finance on the Move: The Pacific Resilience Facility is taking 14 community projects to pre-COP events and COP31, with up to US$20,000 each for water security, food production, coastal restoration, sanitation, renewable energy and resilience. Geopolitics in the Spotlight: New Zealand and the US announced a US$60m deep-sea port plan on Penrhyn in the Cook Islands, with NZ managing the build and contributing US$10m.
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