New Caledonia

The French overseas minister has confirmed that the final meeting of the signatories to the Noumea Accord before New Caledonia's independence referendum will be held in Paris.

An anti-independence political bloc in New Caledonia has dismissed suggestions to create a state associated with France.

The French overseas minister has extended her visit to New Caledonia by a day, reportedly to meet young people for talks about the territory's future.

The head of the Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale has again restated his doubt about the viability of its nickel plant in New Caledonia.

Helicopters are being used to remove fuel from a ship stuck on a reef off New Caledonia.

Salvage teams are about to pump out fuel from the container ship Kea Trader stranded on a reef off New Caledonia.

A former French justice minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas made suggestions about New Caledonia's future status.

A court in New Caledonia has jailed a man for ten years for firing at a police patrol last week.

The electoral petition against a New Caledonian member of the French National Assembly has been thrown out.

A leading New Caledonian anti-independence politician is urging the French government to pay top-level attention to the end of the Noumea Accord.

New Caledonia's main union in the mining sector is alarmed at the low price of nickel, fearing it could lead to the closure of a nickel plant with ensuing job losses.

France's overseas minister is today due to start a week of official engagements in New Caledonia with a meeting of political leaders at the territory's Congress.

A senior New Caledonian politician Philippe Gomes has asked for a meeting with the head of the Brazilian miner Vale whose loss-making nickel plant in New Caledonia faces possible closure.

New Caledonia's main anti-independence party has hit out at the group which organised Wednesday's rally in Noumea to call for the automatic enrolment of Kanaks for next year's independence referendum.

There is still no word what caused the container ship Kea Trader to run onto a reef off New Caledonia last week.

The body of a woman in New Caledonia has been recovered after a landslide in November.

According to police about 3000 people marched in New Caledonia's capital to push for the automatic enrolment of Kanaks for next year's independence referendum.

The New Caledonian government has reimbursed hundreds of farmers for losses caused by Cyclone Cook in April.

New Caledonia's Congress has re-elected Thierry Santa as its president for a third term.