New Caledonia

The French prime minister Edouard Philippe has called for renewed dialogue in New Caledonia after two politicians quit a 10 member leaders group he had helped create.

A man has been detained in New Caledonia suspected of shooting and injuring a minor in a stolen car in Nakety.

Team Wellington and New Caledonia's Team Magenta meet in a top of the group Champions League football clash today at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara.

The Caledonia Together Party has defended its statement on Facebook which prompted two politicians to quit a 10 member leaders group.

Two members of a small high profile New Caledonian leaders group have resigned.

A fire has destroyed several buildings of a Catholic school in New Caledonia.

A former senior police officer in New Caledonia has been given a three-year jail sentence for assaulting a handcuffed suspect.

Reports from New Caledonia say schools and public services in two northern towns will remain closed this week because of lawlessness.

A leading anti-independence party in New Caledonia has called for the Congress to set the date and formulate the question for this year's independence referendum.

The Congress of New Caledonia has decided to tighten drink drive laws as part of efforts to improve road safety.

A teacher in New Caledonia has been assaulted in class at a vocational school in the territory's north.

There is a fresh strike at French Polynesia's La Depeche de Tahiti newspaper.

Pro-independence politicians in New Caledonia are upset at comments by a visiting former French prime minister Manuel Valls who said he was in favour of the territory remaining French.

A dengue epidemic has been declared in New Caledonia.

Reports from New Caledonia say police have been fired at near Noumea.

A former French prime minister Manuel Valls says the French government should say before New Caledonia's referendum what its preferred outcome is.

A small town in the north of New Caledonia will shut down all its services for the day in protest at recent lawlessness.

The French Senate has approved a change to the electoral law for New Caledonia for this year's independence referendum.