Breast Cancer Support: Stars including Dame Lynda Topp are set to headline the Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation’s inaugural Beehive Ball in Wellington on Saturday, August 8—aimed at helping women access life-saving breast screening. Mosquito-Borne Risk: Australian and New Zealand travel advisories are warning visitors about dengue in Samoa, with guidance to use repellent and protect skin from mosquito bites as cases and hospitalisations rise across the Pacific. Public Health Reframe: A new discussion challenges scabies as “just an itch,” linking it to serious downstream illness and urging it be treated as a public health priority, not a nuisance. Heart Health Research: A Cook Islands Māori PhD researcher is exploring whether bathing in naturally warm lagoon waters could support heart health, combining health outcomes with Pacific knowledge and community-led healing. Culture & Wellbeing: A Cook Islands Māori Language Week reflection highlights how language loss affects identity and wellbeing, while another piece questions whether intense Te Maeva Nui training is cultural pride or harm. Lagoon Protection: Aitutaki’s Lagoon Management Plan consultation is pushing stronger co-management, ra’ui-based enforcement, and public health and police involvement to protect the lagoon.