New Caledonia

Political parties in New Caledonia have until Friday night to submit their candidates for the next collegial government.

Strong winds across New Caledonia have forced efforts to salvage the stranded Kea Trader container ship to be suspended.

Pharmacists in New Caledonia have called off their indefinite strike after what they say was a successful dialogue with the government.

New Caledonia's budget minister Philippe Dunoyer says he will resign by today to take up his seat in the French National Assembly.

Health officials in New Caledonia have discovered the presence of the type of mosquito which can carry malaria.

Pacific churches have come out in support of West Papuan self-determination while endorsing the referenda of other nations.

A helicopter has been called in to help New Caledonian firefighters control a bushfire in the north.

There is confusion in New Caledonia over which pharmacies are closed by a strike.

Pharmacists in New Caledonia have suspended their planned general strike which was due to begin on Monday.

The pumping of fuel off a large stranded container ship near New Caledonia has been completed.

The New Caledonian Congress has approved a loan guarantee to allow the territory's international airline to renew its fleet.

Researchers trying to trace the DNA of indigenous peoples have been rebuffed in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia's pharmacies will stay closed from Monday as part of what is being described as an open-ended general strike.

The pro-independence Caledonian Union will drop one of its ministers when the collegial government is renewed in the coming weeks.

Unions in New Caledonia fear that the Vale nickel plant could close within half a year and trigger the biggest wave of job losses the territory has ever seen.

The trial in New Caledonia of four men accused of smuggling 1.4 tonnes of cocaine has been deferred until November.

There is continued uncertainty about the future of the Vale nickel plant in New Caledonia.