Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has met with his Fijian counterpart, Sitiveni Rabuka, and announced more than $11.1 million in climate change support for the country.
Climate change, Mr Hipkins says, is the greatest threat to the region at present.
But potential US and China militarisation of Pacific countries is also a hot topic as the world powers compete for influence in the region.
Mr Rabuka says Fiji only thinks of military when we cannot achieve stability and unity through diplomacy and good governance.
Professor Steven Ratuva is an expert in Pacific politics at the University of Canterbury.
He spoke to Corin Dann.
