Photo: US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Hawaii - volcano
Kīlauea volcano in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is erupting.
The US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has detected glow on webcam images, indicating an eruption has begun in the crater in Kilauea's summit caldera.
The Observatory has elevated Kīlauea's volcano alert level from watch to warning, and its aviation colour code from orange to red.
Webcam imagery shows fissures at the base of the crater generating lava flows on the surface of the crater floor.
The activity is confined to the crater so far.
French Polynesia - technology
French Polynesia's president Moetai Brotherson says he would like to have massive French government support to develop the territory's technology sector.
Brotherson told the AFP news agency that with the construction of a third submarine cable, French Polynesia would have the potential to host data centres which would boost revenue and lessen its dependence on French fund transfers.
He said this would require an initial investment of about ten times the size of the $US60 million energy conversion fund proposed by the French president Emmanuel Macron.
Brotherson said French Polynesia's GDP was about $US6 billion, of which about $US1.8 was transfers from France.
New Caledonia - Backes
New Caledonia's anti-independence politician Sonia Backes has announced her candidacy for a seat in the French Senate in the election in September.
She is currently the president of New Caledonia's Southern Province and the Secretary of State for Citizenship in the French government.
Backes said it was an important time for New Caledonia as things will be playing out in the French National Assembly and the Senate on constitutional reform.
If she wins a Senate seat, she will have to resign as provincial president.
Solomon Islands - medicine
The Solomon Islands' Western Province continues to be affected by a shortage of medicine.
Solomon Star News reports a tablet of panadol costs about 36 US cents - which is SI$3.
Medical shortages have long affected the Solomons, with the untimely distribution of supplies to the country's many islands being blamed.
In 2018, Solomons' doctors called on the government to overhaul the national health system.
Japan - nuclear waste
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) panel of experts is to meet with the UN Atomic Energy organisation for a second time, to go over long-standing issues with Japan's plans to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
The PIF Panel of Independent Scientific Experts has supported PIF as its leaders try to wade through public opinion and different scientific views to establish facts on the issue.
Intensive scientific dialogue will continue next week when PIF experts meet a second time with International Atomic Energy Agency specialists.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said in its latest report Japan has proved it can produce accurate and precise measurements of the radio-nuclides inside its treated water.
Samoa - airport
The Samoa Airport Authority is meeting with Samoa Airways over safety concerns at the just re-opened Fagali'i Airport.
Samoa Airways interim CEO, Fauo'o Fatu Tielu, said they're expecting answers from the Authority regarding issues the airline raised with them.
At the opening of the upgraded airport, Civil Aviation Minister Olo Fiti Va'ai stated the Pacific Aviation Safety Office based in Vanuatu had given the okay on the safety of the airport.
Samoa - China
The Chinese Government has donated medical equipment, including surgery kits and medicine to Samoa.
Samoa's Ministry of Health received the supplies at its main warehouse in Apia where a handover ceremony welcomed the Chinese medical team delivering the goods.
Ministry of Health representative Lupematasila Utufua-Leavai said the medical supplies will assist the team in the provision of medical care.