Today...
- the UN children's agency warns the situation in Timor-Leste is dire as the government struggles to cope with the impacts of the recent floods and Covid-19
- the leader of Samoa's Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, or FAST party, expects a decision from the Supreme Court by next Friday on the issue of the sixth woman MP
- and the president of the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce is remaining optimistic about a travel bubble with New Zealand opening in May.