China's foreign minister is currently touring the Pacific as Beijing seeks a region-wide deal with nearly a dozen nations; The election of Australia's new prime minister means there's opportunity for changes in its relationships with Pacific nations; Tuvalu mourns the death of its Deputy Prime Minister; The Cook Islands 2022 budget; Researchers finish mapping the mouth of the underwater Tongan volcano that, in January, produced Earth's biggest atmospheric explosion in over a century.

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