New Caledonia

Winds of up to 200km/h and heavy rain lashed people in New Caledonia this evening as Cyclone Cook made landfall.

Authorities in New Caledonia are preparing shelters to cater for people as Cyclone Cook approaches. Video

Auckland City FC is on track for their seventh consecutive appearance in the OFC Champions League football final after defeating AS Tefana 2-0 in Papeete.

Nearly 200 people around Efate, the main island in Vanuatu, have been moved to evacuation centres because of flooding caused by Cyclone Cook.

A tropical cyclone over Vanuatu is strenghtening and moving away towards New Caledonia.

Two people have died in New Caledonia in a crash of two water taxis off one of Noumea's main beaches.

New Caledonia's AS Magenta meet Team Wellington in the OFC Football Champions League Semi-finals for the second consecutive year today.

A top level meeting is expected to be held in New Caledonia today to discuss security concerns raised by civil society.

A top level meeting has been called in New Caledonia to discuss security concerns raised by civil society.

There are signs that a dengue outbreak in New Caledonia is stabilising as authorities work to bring it under control.

The appeal court in New Caledonia has upheld the jail sentence given to a man jailed for making death threats against the police.

The Fiji Crop and Livestock Council has been given $US62,000 by the New Caledonia Chamber of Agriculture to help farmers still suffering the effects of Cyclone Winston.

New Caledonia wants to step up its fight against dengue after more than 1000 people were infected last month alone.

A teacher in New Caledonia has announced that she will stand in the election of the French National Assembly in June to push for better recognition of the rights of the indigenous Kanaks.

Three more Vietnamese blue boats have been caught fishing illegally for beche de mer within New Caledonia's waters.

Another person has died of dengue in New Caledonia.

France has submitted a proposal for boundary negotiations with Vanuatu, amid signs of a change in the way a long-running boundary dispute between Vanuatu and New Caledonia is negotiated.

An economic analysis council has recommended a sovereign wealth fund be established in New Caledonia.