New Caledonia

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.

New Caledonia's anti-independence camp has failed to agree on a single candidate for tomorrow's planned election of a new Congress president.

The SLN nickel company in New Caledonia says the belt system damaged in a fire at the start of the month has been repaired.

The host of the 2011 Pacific Games says whoever puts their hand up to replace Tonga in 2019 must have sufficient funding and strong government support.

Efforts continue to dislodge a container ship stuck on a reef off New Caledonia.

New Caledonia has ruled itself out of hosting the 2019 Pacific Games. This is after the Games Council confirmed Tonga's withdrawal earlier this month, and asked for expressions of interest...

A strike at New Caledonia's domestic airline is over and flights are resuming.

The French prime minister Edouard Philippe will reportedly visit New Caledonia in early December as the territory gears up for next year's independence referendum.

New Caledonia's pharmacists say they will launch an unlimited strike over the government's alleged breach of their agreement which had been worked out after more than a year's negotiations.

This morning's domestic flights in New Caledonia have been cancelled as a strike at Air Caledonie has entered its second day.

A large container ship has run onto a reef off New Caledonia.

A large container ship has run onto a reef off New Caledonia.

It is expected to take at least a week to repair the damage caused by a fire at the SLN mine site in New Caledonia.