How well do you know your Pacific news and current affairs?

Think you’ve been keeping up with Pacific news?

Put your knowledge to the test with the latest PMN Pacific News Quiz.

From the Pacific to Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond, see how much you remember from the stories we’ve been following over the past week.

Weekly Pacific News Quiz

1. Which Pacific country’s Acting Attorney-General and Justice Minister resigned from Cabinet following a social media video controversy?

2. Which famous American aviator’s disappearance is being investigated by a search team at a remote Kiribati atoll?

3. Which two New Zealand political parties have promised to protect aid funding for the Pacific while cutting overseas aid elsewhere?

Which famous American aviator’s disappearance is being investigated by a search team at a remote Kiribati atoll?

4. Which Pacific territory is experiencing widespread coral bleaching, according to a National Geographic ocean expedition?

5. What percentage of Pasifika respondents in a recent study were living in food-insecure households?

6. Which Pacific country is facing questions over taxpayer-funded overseas medical treatment for MPs while ordinary patients struggle to access care?

7. Which Pacific country is home to a community partnership that has won a global environmental award for projects including food security and rainwater initiatives?

Which Pacific country is home to a community partnership that has won a global environmental award for projects including food security and rainwater initiatives?

8. What painful form of arthritis, which disproportionately affects Pacific communities, is the focus of a renewed push for better treatment and healthcare access?

9. What is the final date for New Zealanders to enrol to vote in the 2026 general election?

10. Which Sāmoan-born Warriors forward, who shares his surname with New Zealand’s first Pacific mayor, has been selected for the Kiwis ahead of the Rugby League World Cup?

Which Sāmoan-born Warriors forward, who shares his surname with New Zealand’s first Pacific mayor, has been selected for the Kiwis ahead of the Rugby League World Cup?

Answers

1. Fiji 2. Amelia Earhart 3. National and ACT 4. Tokelau 5. About 60 per cent 6. Solomon Islands 7. Tonga 8. Gout 9. Sunday 25 October 2026 10. Jacob Laban

How did you go?

Keep following PMN for the latest Pacific news and current affairs, and come back next Wednesday to test yourself again.