New Caledonia

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

A 57-year-old man in New Caledonia has been jailed for a year for shooting and injuring a minor in a stolen car in Nakety last month.

New Caledonia's next referendum on independence from France is set to be held on 4 November.

New Caledonia's Congress is today expected to approve the date for the territory's independence referendum under the Noumea Accord.

The authorities in New Caledonia say debris from the stricken container ship Kea Trader has been washed ashore.

A Solomon Islands academic says the leaders of Melanesian Spearhead Group member states made a mistake in granting Indonesia associate member status in the group.

The latest dengue outbreak in New Caledonia has claimed its first life.

French Polynesia's opposition pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says if New Caledonia accedes to full sovereignty this year French Polynesia will follow.

A New Caledonian politician has asked France whether it could allow curfews to be declared for minors to fight lawlessness.

An investigation has been opened in New Caledonia into claims that one of the top beer distributors is supplying the black market.

The French prime minister says New Caledonia's independence referendum is a challenge which is not without risk.

Secondary school teachers in New Caledonia's public sector have ended their strike.

Secondary school teachers in New Caledonia's public sector have gone on strike.

A team of the United Nations decolonisation committee is visiting New Caledonia this week.

New Caledonia's eastern islands appear to have been spared the worst of Cyclone Hola.

Cyclone Hola is bearing down on New Caledonia's eastern Loyalty Islands right now, where strong winds and torrential rains have been reported.