New Caledonia

A second attempt in a month to elect a president in New Caledonia has failed.

An office has been opened in Noumea by New Caledonia's anti-independence parties to help voters register for next year's independence referendum.

Another attempt will be made in New Caledonia tomorrow to elect a collegial government.

New Caledonia's SLN nickel company says it wants to lower production costs by a third within three years to ensure the business survives.

Two pro-independence politicians have been put forward as candidates in the election for New Caledonia's two seats in the French Senate.

Reports from New Caledonia say the SLN nickel plant plans to dismiss a further 80 workers.

Two more candidates have come forward from New Caledonia's anti-independence camp to run for French Senate seats.

An anti-independence politician in New Caledonia says the French constitution should be amended to rephrase the likely referendum question.

New Caledonia's international airline says if conflict breaks out on the Korean peninsula it will shift its flights to France to a route over the Indian Ocean.

New Caledonia's anti-independence side has officially nominated its two candidates for the election of the French Senate.

An anti-independence faction in New Caledonia says it wants to hold the referendum on independence on October 7th next year.

Five men in New Caledonia have been given suspended eight-month jail sentences over their role in the fatal clashes on Mare in August 2011.

The anti-independence Caledonia Together party says it will put forward a former Congress president Gerard Poadja as its candidate for the French Senate election.

There is continued unease among loyalists in New Caledonia over the electoral roll for next year's independence referendum.

A further 73 containers have been taken off the ship Kea Trader which has been stuck on a reef off New Caledonia since July.

New Caledonia will take part in next week's Pacific Islands Forum with a caretaker government representing it.

New Caledonia's participation at next week's Pacific Islands Forum is in doubt after yesterday's failure to elect a new government and president.

The dengue epidemic in New Caledonia is over.