New Caledonia

One of New Caledonia's main pro-independence parties says it will back the Socialist candidate in this year's French presidential election because past steps towards getting full sovereignty always…

A French law has come into force in French Polynesia and New Caledonia requiring minors to be carrying an authorisation form from their parents if they cross a border alone.

Health authorities in New Caledonia have declared a dengue epidemic after a large increase in the number of people being infected this month.

New Caledonia's Congress has unanimously decided to set up an energy agency to help oversee plans for a large scale conversion to renewable energy.

The mother of a New Caledonian man shot dead by police is set to appeal last week's finding that the action was in self-defence.

New Caledonia's Congress has unanimously voted for territory-wide air quality controls which to date had been a provincial matter.

French forces have released four Vietnamese fishing vessels after seizing a record seven tons of beche de mer caught illegally.

A 15-year-old boy who was shot in the face during a confrontation in New Caledonia last month will be flown to France in a bid to save his eyesight.

Four people have been arrested in New Caledonia in relation to events that led to a spate of lawlessness near Noumea in October.

Technical reasons have disrupted the plans of travellers from Japan to New Caledonia after an Aircalin Airbus A330 was forced to stay in Tokyo.

Health authorities in New Caledonia and French Polynesia have ordered the suspension of the sale of a vitamin D supplement, Uvesterol D.

New Caledonia's Nickel Fund has released almost $US500,000 in a one-off payment to repair flood damage in Houailou.

The public prosecutor in New Caledonia has closed the investigation into last October's fatal shooting of a prison escapee William Decoire near Noumea.

New Caledonia's Congress has voted for a tax reform due to come into effect next year after rejecting a push to have it deferred.

A French chocolate company from New Caledonia has taken over a Vanuatu cocoa plantation to produce organic chocolate.

New Caledonia's Congress will be convened on Friday to again debate a tax reform which was due to come into effect next year.

New Caledonia's capital plans to introduce a bacteria in a novel approach to combat mosquito-borne diseases.

Differences in approach between Indonesian and West Papuan representatives reached a head at Melanesian Spearhead Group meetings in Vanuatu last week.

New Caledonian unions have condemned moves to thwart a tax reform due to come into effect next year.

A major New Caledonian party has condemned a rival faction for thwarting a tax reform due to come into effect next year.