Pacific Foreign Ministers have given United States territories Guam and American Samoa their nod of approval to be associate members of the Pacific Islands Forum; Guam government standing by US need-to-know approach amid suspicion and confusion over potential impacts of long-range missile testing in the territory; Niue's Premier may soon be known as Prime Minister as Niue works towards a 'self-sustaining' future with Aotearoa Premier Dalton Tagelagi believes the title Prime Minister is more fitting; Meet Antony Vavia the first Pacific Islander to graduate with a PhD in Marine Biology from Auckland University of Technology.

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