Dengue Alert for Travellers: Hawai‘i health officials reported a new travel-related dengue case on Oʻahu tied to a visitor, with local spread risk judged low; DOH teams are doing inspections and mosquito control, and residents are urged to remove standing water and protect against bites. Regional Health Capacity: New Zealand is welcoming a record 55 Pacific medical graduates into its health workforce, including junior doctors at Middlemore Hospital, highlighting how language and cultural connection can improve patient communication and care. Pacific Response Readiness: Pacific Response Group partners, including Tonga, are strengthening disaster and medical support coordination through Exercise MARARA 26 across French Polynesia, focused on logistics, health support, and regional crisis response. Health Equity Data Push: A new focus on gender-disaggregated data argues that health funding and planning can’t be truly equitable without tracking outcomes by gender, including lessons from Tonga and other countries. Community Strain in NZ: Pacific communities in Wairarapa say cost-of-living pressures and social support cuts are hitting mental health and addiction services hard, even as Pacific workers carry frontline caseloads. Deep-Sea Science (Health Link): University of Hawaiʻi oceanographers published the first live observations of goblin sharks in their natural habitat, including sightings near Tonga Trench—more marine research that can support healthier oceans.