New Caledonia

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement says a majority of voters on the roll for the November referendum on full sovereignty are indigenous Kanaks.

Reports from New Caledonia say tension in a small town in the north forced the pro-independence FLNKS movement to defer last week's planned campaign meeting to a later date.

The United Nations says New Caledonia's review of the electoral roll for the November referendum on independence has been done properly.

New Caledonia's employers federation has warned of imminent action in protest at the government's tax reform.

Talks in New Caledonia aimed at resolving a protracted mining dispute have been overshadowed by the death of an elder attending the meeting.

New Caledonia's top surgeon has been taken into custody after fatally shooting his neighbour on a golf course.

The West Papua National Committee has urged New Caledonia's indigenous Melanesians to vote for independence during the upcoming referendum. Audio

The president of France's centre-right Republicans has accused the French state of abdicating its responsibilities in terms of security in New Caledonia.

A man in New Caledonia has been detained for a post on Facebook and risks being imprisoned.

The criminal court in New Caledonia has given a ten-year jail sentence to a man found guilty of murder during the unrest of 2016 in St Louis.

The government in New Caledonia has approved adjustments to a new consumption tax which comes into effect next month.

There has been a brief strike in New Caledonia in protest at a tax reform which is to come into effect at the beginning of October.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has struck southeast of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands.

New Caledonia's USTKE union is asking supporters to stay away from the vote in the November referendum on independence from France.

The president of France's opposition centre-right Republicans says he is for a French Caledonia as the territory nears a referendum on independence.

New Caledonia's USTKE union is to decide this weekend whether it will ask its supporters to vote in the November referendum on independence from France.