Energy & Community Business: Aiga Energy Limited, co-owned by Samoan priest Father Tuala Lavea Toleafoa Tuilimu Lotumali’i Leatuao “Larry” Tupa’i Lavea, is building a West Auckland Z service-station network on aiga and tautua, treating staff and customers like family rather than “boss and worker.” Climate Science & Resilience: Samoa is strengthening its climate research capacity through a new SROS–SPC partnership, focused on better methods to assess climate loss and damage, plus climate data, environmental monitoring, lab capability, and support for agriculture and ecosystems. Health Infrastructure: Government and Japan broke ground on a major National University of Samoa Faculty of Health Science upgrade, while a separate private specialist hospital project in Salelologa, Savai‘i aims to cut the need for patients to travel overseas. Shipping & Logistics: The MV Fotu o Samoa III has arrived after a 40-day voyage from Malaysia; the $16.8m tala landing craft is set to improve regional passenger, vehicle, and cargo links. Social Protection: A UN DESA brief says Samoa’s social protection coverage is below 30%, leaving people more exposed to climate and economic shocks. Agriculture & Labour: Farmers facing backpacker shortages are being urged to use Pacific labour pathways like PALM to keep crops moving. El Niño Watch: Samoa is heading into another dry period, with the Meteorology Division forecasting a high chance of below-normal rainfall, raising concerns for water, farming, and fire risk.