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China's growing role in Papua New Guinea's health, education, and infrastructure hasn't gone unnoticed, nor has the $600 million Australian-funded NRL team set for 2028. 

Papua New Guinea's only cardinal will join the papal conclave at the Vatican for the first time. 

Tinā is now one of Aotearoa's highest-grossing films, resonating deeply with audiences through its powerful Pacific story of loss and love. Beyond the box office, its writer director Miki Magasiva hopes it creates easier pathways for Pacific people to enter the film industry.

Just before cyclone season gets underway in Vanuatu, we join disability advocate Ellen Tamata as she helps people living with disabilities and their communities to get ready. 

Pope Francis visited the region in September last year on a four-nation trip that included Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste.