Tonga’s Minister for Health, Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala has been nominated as the next World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific. His candidacy was successful at the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific meeting in Manila, Philippines. Dr Piukala is a surgeon with nearly 30 years of experience as a public health leader working in Tonga and across the Pacific.
Fiji’s judiciary has welcomed another addition to its ranks—Sir William Young. He was Judge of the Supreme Court in New Zealand in 2010 . . .