New Caledonia

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.

The head of a French parliamentary delegation to New Caledonia says there is confusion about the implications of the upcoming independence referendum.

The criminal court in New Caledonia has sentenced seven men to jail terms for their role in the violence along a main road south of Noumea in 2016.

Vanuatu's Prime Minister Charlot Salwai says that border talks with France last week were a success.

A French parliamentary team is today beginning a week-long mission to New Caledonia to gather information about the independence referendum later this year.

The criminal court in New Caledonia has sentenced three men to jail terms for their role in the violence along a main road at St Louis in November 2016.

The criminal court in New Caledonia has sentenced three men to jail terms for their role in the violence along a main road at St Louis in November 2016.

A war of words has erupted in New Caledonia over a recent spike in youth crime.

All alerts have been lifted in New Caledonia as Tropical Cyclone Gita is moving away, heading towards the south.

A maximum alert remains in force for New Caledonia's Isle of Pines as Cyclone Gita is gradually passing to the south of the island.

Maximum alert will be in force for New Caledonia's Isle of Pines from tonight tonight as Cyclone Gita approaches.

The French Senate has debated the planned change of electoral law for New Caledonia and will vote on it next week.

New Caledonian civil defence authorities have issued a first warning in preparation for Cyclone Gita.