New Caledonia

New Caledonia's criminal court has deferred the trial of five men accused of wounding six police officers near St Louis in 2016.

The French Senate will within a month discuss the proposed law change to accommodate new, but restricted electoral rolls for New Caledonia needed for the referendum.

The French government has been presented with proposals to approve new regulations about medically induced abortions for French Polynesia and New Caledonia.

Dozens of firefighters in New Caledonia are trying to contain bushfires which have destroyed more than 1,000 hectares of vegetation.

New Caledonia's mining industry has appealed to all institutions to help restore a safe working environment.

Firefighters in New Caledonia are trying to establish what caused the huge bushfires which have ravaged the south of the main island.

Vietnam says it wants to tighten its fishing laws to stop local fishermen from poaching in the territorial waters of Pacific Island countries.

There has been a fresh spate of vandalism at a New Caledonian mine site on the east coast of the main island.

The criminal court in New Caledonia has sentenced a 20-year-old man to two years in prison for firing a gun at a police vehicle.

A teenager in New Caledonia has been given a two-year prison sentence for trying to run over police officers. A teenager in New Caledonia who was on a week-long leave...

The French High Commissioner to New Caledonia has restated France's role in 2018 which will be marked by an independence referendum.

New Caledonia's SLN nickel company has condemned the vandalism and destruction at its facilities in Thio over the holiday season.

New Caledonia's government has drawn up a budget for 2018 after last year's political crisis prevented the territory from approving it on time.

The tax on tobacco products in New Caledonia has gone up by up to 40 percent.

Several bungalows at one of New Caledonia's top resorts have been burned down after guests used fireworks.

New Caledonia's Congress has approved tax hikes on alcohol and tobacco.

A committee of elders has been appointed in New Caledonia to help guide the debate leading up to next year's independence referendum.

Reports from French Polynesia say the French police transferred two tonnes of cocaine to New Caledonia last week to be incinerated.

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