New Caledonia

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.

The man who admitted to killing New Caledonia's most wanted fugitive Ramon Noraro this week has been charged with murder.

Police in New Caledonia have extended the detention of the man who admitted to killing the territory's most wanted fugitive Ramon Noraro.

The man who killed New Caledonia's most wanted fugitive is a fugitive himself says the territory's prosecutor.

New Caledonia's most wanted man has been killed in a shoot-out between rival groups in St Louis near Noumea.

The French justice minister has announced another 13 positions will be created for the corrections service at New Caledonia's Camp Est jail.

New Caledonia's prosecutor has asked the appeal court to soften the sentence given to a former president Harold Martin.

A man who made death threats against a police officer has been jailed for two years in New Caledonia.

The family of a New Caledonian man shot dead by police has lodged a complaint for voluntary homicide.

The police commander in New Caledonia says police will now shoot back following about 30 incidents in recent weeks when police were attacked with gun fire.

Police in New Caledonia have appealed to the public to help arrest a man Ramon Noraro who is wanted in connection with the recent clashes near St Louis.

French authorities in New Caledonia say the main road near St Louis, south of Noumea, which had been blocked, is now open.

A meeting has been called in New Caledonia on Monday between the government and striking workers of the Koniambo nickel plant.

A demonstration in New Caledonia planned for Thursday has been called off because the French overseas minister decided to defer her visit to Noumea.

The French overseas minister has called off this week's trip to New Caledonia following the prime minister's decision to resign and run for president next year.

Police in New Caledonia say they have detained five people in connection with the recent clashes south of Noumea during which five police officers suffered gunshot injuries