People in the Northern Marianas struggling to regain a sense of normalcy four days after Typhoon Soudelor; A defence expert analyses the sudden change of command in the Fiji Military; New Zealand and the Cook Islands mark the 50th anniversary of their free association treaty; PACER Plus negotiations in Samoa focus on labour mobility, development assistance and trade in goods; And Fiji and Samoa join the superpowers at the Netball World Cup in Sydney.