New Caledonia

The French prime minister is today due to begin a four-day official visit to New Caledonia amid preparations of next year's independence referendum.

Philippe Germain has been re-elected as president of New Caledonia, ending a three-month stalemate within the new government.

The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia Thierry Lataste has confirmed that fuel was spilled when the stranded container ship Kea Trader broke up on a reef about 100 kilometres off Mare last…

Media reports from New Caledonia say another attempt will be made today to form a government which would end a three-month political impasse.

Media reports from New Caledonia say moves are afoot to form a government which would end a three-month political impasse.

The French government says it has no plans to change the extra amount government workers receive in overseas territories.

Globules of oil have been washing ashore in New Caledonia prompting authorities to issue a marine pollution alert.

One of New Caledonia's leading anti-independence politicians Philippe Gomes says it is deplorable that a proper government is not in place just days before the French prime minister Edouard Philippe…

A fishing and swimming ban has been declared off parts of New Caledonia's Lifou island after an apparent oil spill.

New Caledonia's main anti-independence party has again called for unity among local politicians by adopting a formal declaration about the territory's heritage.

There is concern in New Caledonia that from next year funding problems could leave the territory's scientists without any seismographs.

The men jailed in New Caledonia for transporting 1.4 tonnes of cocaine on a yacht will appeal against their conviction in Noumea.

New Caledonia's Congress has formally approved a plan to change the law on voter eligibility for next year's independence referendum.

There is criticism of a New Caledonian proposal to draw up a formal declaration to affirm the territory's heritage before next year's independence referendum.

The criminal court in New Caledonia has jailed a 23-year-old man for four years for firing at police trying to intervene in a dispute on the island of Ouvea last month.

New Caledonia's Labour Party has threatened to boycott next year's independence referendum because of alleged irregularities with the electoral roll.

The risk of danger from a tsunmai has largely passed after a powerful magnitude 7 undersea earthquake struck east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands.

It is hoped a training course this week in Noumea will improve the surveillance and control of leptospirosis in the Pacific.