New Caledonia
New Caledonia helps Vanuatu school after Pam
The Southern Province of New Caledonia is to help pay for the rebuilding of a school in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila.
Paris urged to help with New Caledonia nickel woes
Rival New Caledonian politicians have written a joint letter to the French president, asking whether the French state will invest into a new power plant for the ailing SLN nickel company.
New Caledonia nickel plant closure denied
The French mining concern Eramet has rejected reports that its subsidiary SLN is about to quit New Caledonia.
Support for French territories' quest for Forum membership
A Pacific academic says timely comments from the French president have given the bids of New Caledonia and French Polynesia to become full members of the Pacific Islands Forum a boost. Audio
New Caledonia man kills his two children
Police in New Caledonia are holding a 37-year-old man who confessed to shooting his two children on a beach.
New Caledonia public sector spending berated
New Caledonia's audit office has severely criticised the way the territory's public service is run, pointing to a raft of poor spending decisions.
Rocard says New Caledonia independence odd
A former French prime minister, Michel Rocard, has described New Caledonia's possible independence as a kind of oddity.
Strike hits New Caledonia's SLN nickel plant
Reports from New Caledonia say hundreds of workers of the SLN nickel company have gone on strike and blocked access to the plant.
New Caledonians rally after Paris attacks
About 250 people in New Caledonia have gathered in Noumea to express their solidarity with the victims of the attacks in Paris.
New Caledonia court ruling stuns defence lawyer
The Paris-based lawyer of a former New Caledonian president, Harold Martin, says he is stunned at the court verdict which sentenced his client to prison over the awarding of a contract.
MSG finalises trade agreement in Noumea
The Melanesian Spearhead Group has finalised the text of its trade agreement at a meeting in New Caledonia.
Former New Caledonia president Martin sentenced to jail
New Caledonia's former president Harold Martin gets jail sentence in OPT contract case. Audio
Former New Caledonia president sentenced
New Caledonia's criminal court has sentenced a former president, Harold Martin, to two years in jail, of which one year is suspended, over the way he awarded a large contract to an associate.
Verdict due in New Caledonia OPT trial
New Caledonia's criminal court is today due to give its verdict in a case against a former president, Harold Martin, over alleged irregularities in awarding a large contract.
Jail term sought for New Caledonia's Martin
The trial of New Caledonia's former president, Harold Martin, has ended, with the prosecution demanding he be jailed for three years for favouritism over the awarding of a US$29-million contract.
Martin faces New Caledonia OPT trial
New Caledonia's criminal court has opened the trial of a former president, Harold Martin, over alleged irregularities in the awarding of contracts.
Commodities slowdown hits New Caledonia
There's a crisis in New Caledonia's vital nickel mining industry. RNZ International's Walter Zweifel has the story. Audio
New Caledonia nickel export row reignited
The group of truck drivers who blockade parts of New Caledonia for three weeks in August has threatened to take action again.
New Caledonia nickel policy decried
New Caledonia's anti-independence Republicans have condemned the government's decision to allow only one company to export low-grade nickel ore to China.
New Caledonia to export nickel ore to China
The New Caledonian government has approved a single company's bid to start exporting low-grade nickel ore to China.
