New Caledonia

The French prime minister has decided that the Kanak flag can only be flown at New Caledonia's polling stations during next month's independence referendum if there is also a French flag.

A new anti-independence political party is being set up in New Caledonia to contest next year's provincial election.

New Caledonia's Labour Party wants to be allotted air time on public broadcasting outlets ahead of the independence referendum next month.

There has been another fire at the Kouaoua nickel mine in New Caledonia.

More than 300 French armed mobile police have arrived in New Caledonia as additional security for next month's independence referendum.

Anti-independence politicians in New Caledonia are dismayed they have been called to be part of an axis of evil.

New Caledonia's Apellate Court has heard an appeal by a former president, Harold Martin, who was last year given a suspended two-month prison sentence over a conflict of interest in a land sale.

New Caledonia's largest anti-independence party has celebrated its 10th anniversary.

The pro-independence Caledonian Union says it will discuss the territory's sovereignty directly with the French state, if referendum fails.

Police in New Caledonia have broken up a blockade of the nickel mine at Tiebaghi.

The French High Commission in New Caledonia has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in shops for the first weekend of November.

Another opinion poll suggests that an overwhelming majority in New Caledonia will next month reject independence from France.

A second large nickel mine in New Caledonia has been blockaded, with protesters wanting to cancel the independence referendum.

France's former prime minister Manuel Valls has expressed optimism about the future of New Caledonia as it nears a referendum on independence.

The president of New Caledonia's Congress has removed the Kanak flag from the reception area of the presidency.

There has been a spate of vandalism in Kouaoua on New Caledonia's east coast, prompting several services to close.

Another town in New Caledonia has shut down its school lunch service after many children got sick.

A protest rally by firefighters in New Caledonia has secured them a promise that they will be integrated into the civil protection service.