New Caledonia

The Koniambo nickel plant in New Caledonia is to get its second furnace rebuilt.

French Polynesia's independence leader Oscar Temaru has won the backing of a New Caledonian pro-independence party in his quest to stand in next year's French presidential election.

France's National Front says if its candidate Marine Le Pen wins the French presidency next year, she will respect New Caledonia's planned independence referendum.

Police in New Caledonia have briefly closed the main road south of Noumea as part of an operation in the St Louis area.

New Caledonia's international airline says it will replace its four aircraft with four new ones.

New Caledonia's criminal court has given jail sentences to three men who assaulted police officers in Noumea in September.

Torrential rain in New Caledonia has forced about 200 people along the main island's east coast to move to emergency accommodation.

There has been a rally south of Noumea to express frustration at the lack of security along a stretch of the main road in New Caledonia's very south.

Another faction of New Caledonia's FLNKS pro-independence movement has called for Kanaks to be automatically put on the roll to be used for the territory's independence referendum.

The independence movements in the French Pacific have expressed their condolences to the Cuban people for the weekend death of the former leader Fidel Castro.

Voters in French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna have defied the trends and given Alain Juppé the most votes in the second round of primaries for next year's French presidential election.

The authorities in New Caledonia have decided to keep schools in the flood-affected area of Houailou closed for another three days.

The authorities in New Caledonia have called off the search for the three people still missing after Tuesday's landslide near Houailou.

France has confirmed tax concessions to avert a closure of New Caledonia's Koniambo nickel plant.

A Melanesian Spearhead Group committee is meeting in Port Vila to consider guidelines around membership in the regional organisation.

Relief teams in New Caledonia have managed to restore most of the water and power supply systems in flood-affected areas of the east coast.

Five people are dead and three people are still missing after flooding and landslides in New Caledonia which the territory's president described as a catastrophe not seen since the 19th century.

New Caledonia's president Philippe Germain has described this week's fatal landslides and flooding as a catastrophe not seen since the 19th century.

The main road south of the New Caledonian capital is open again after being closed yesterday when stones were thrown at traffic.