New Caledonia

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.

New Caledonia's criminal court has sentenced four men to jail terms for transporting 1.4 tonnes of cocaine on a yacht from South America.

The trial has opened in New Caledonia of four men accused of smuggling 1.4 tonnes of cocaine.

A New Caledonian group has spoken out against this month's deal reached in Paris defining the restricted electoral roll for next year's planned independence referendum.

A microlight plane has crashed in New Caledonia, killing its pilot and one passenger.

The container ship Kea Trader which has been stuck on a reef off New Caledonia for several months has reportedly split in half.

New Caledonia's Palika party has proposed making New Caledonia an independent state in partnership with France.

The four parties making up New Caledonia's FLNKS pro-independence movement have been in separate extended weekend meetings.

The French government has banned aerial photography and filming of almost 250 sites, including military zones in French Polynesia and New Caledonia.

There has been a call for New Caledonia's politicians of all hues to agree on a joint declaration about their common heritage.

French firefighters have been flown to New Caledonia to reinforce local teams stretched by an early spell of bushfires.