New Caledonia

The school lunch provider in New Caledonia's capital area has been closed for disinfection after a series of food-related illnesses.

The head of the French parliamentary mission to New Caledonia is to quit his post just weeks out from the independence referendum.

New Caledonia's firefighters are set to go on strike today.

The city of Noumea in New Caledonia has decided to stop the lunch service at its 52 schools after yet another case of food making children sick.

People across New Caledonia have marked the 165th anniversary of France taking possession of the islands.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement is accused of including Kanak children in its number of prospective voters in the November referendum on independence from France.

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.