New Caledonia

This year's dengue epidemic in New Caledonia has claimed its first life.

This year's dengue epidemic in New Caledonia has killed a 25-year-old woman in the Noumea area.

The French military has intercepted a Vietnamese blue boat fishing illegally in New Caledonia's waters.

A senior New Caledonian politician Sonia Backes has sharply criticised the French government over the violence and tension surrounding the situation in St Louis.

Wet weather is now causing strife in Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.

Heavy rain in New Caledonia has cut roads on the main island's east coast.

The government of New Caledonia's southern province plans to clear vegetation along a troubled main road as part of measures to end attacks on travellers and police.

The French authorities have allowed the road south of New Caledonia's capital to remain open last night after a week of closing it at night for security reasons.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party has deferred its Congress until next month.

The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia has expressed concern at inflammatory comments over the security problems around the Kanak village of St Louis where shootings have repeatedly prompted…

Two thousand people rallied outside the French High Commission in New Caledonia over the lack of security south of Noumea.

The French military says it has been keeping an eye out for two Vietnamese fishing boats which escaped from detention in New Caledonia last week.

A demonstration is planned outside the French High Commission in New Caledonia today to express concern over the lack of security south of Noumea.

Two soldiers have been wounded after their helicopter crashed in a river in New Caledonia.

French authorities in New Caledonia have reopened the road south of Noumea but will close it again tonight at 7pm local time to ensure public safety.

The Caledonian Union says the troubles at St Louis are just the tip of an iceberg of problems facing New Caledonia's society.

Gunfire south of Noumea has prompted the police in New Caledonia to close the road to the main island's very south.

A court in New Caledonia has jailed three Vietnamese captains for illegal fishing in its waters.

Two Vietnamese so-called "blue boats" are now reported to be about 400 kilometers west of New Caledonia after escaping from custody in Noumea yesterday morning.

The French military has launched an operation to catch two Vietnamese so-called blue boats fishing illegally which have escaped from custody in New Caledonia.