New Caledonia

Bank employees in New Caledonia have begun an unlimited strike to back their demands for higher pay.

A researcher at the University of Sydney says preserving indigenous languages is good for people's health.

A leading New Caledonian politician has called on France to host another summit with the leaders of Pacific Island countries to highlight the challenges created by climate change.

An injunction has been sought in New Caledonia to stop the president from sacking the assistants of three government ministers.

The Red Cross in New Caledonia has received just under 300,000 US dollars as part of the Catholic church's effort to help victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.

New Caledonia's newspaper reports that the assistants of three government ministers have been sacked and their badges to move around the administration offices voided.

The New Caledonian government has decided to take legal action against an assistant of one of its ministers in an ongoing row within the anti-independence camp.

A leading anti-independence New Caledonian politician, Pierre Frogier, has accused the French government of spreading hate and discord in the territory, saying it is more sectarian and ideological…

A man has died in New Caledonia after being bitten multiple times by a shark.

A date has been set for top-level talks in France to discuss the electoral roll for the independence referendum due in New Caledonia by 2018.

Reports from New Caledonia say the new president, Philippe Germain, has refused to renew staff contracts of ministers who he considers to have sided with the opposition.

Leading New Caledonian politicians have called for more time before holding an extraordinary meeting with the French prime minister, Manuel Valls, to discuss the controversy over the electoral roll…

New Caledonia's criminal court has acquitted a former French high commissioner, Jean-Jacques Brot, of charges to have defamed a former vice-president, Gilbert Tyuienon.

A group of 15 Pacific countries and territories has called on the international community to launch a revolution to deal with climate change when the United Nations meets in Paris for the COP 21…

Reports from New Caledonia say two workers have been taken to hospital after an accident at the Vale nickel plant.

The French overseas minister, George Pau-Langevin, has tabled a law proposal aimed at curbing gun ownership in New Caledonia as part of measures to modernise provisions applied in overseas…

There has been a sharp rebuke for New Caledonia's president, Philippe Germain, from his predecessor over alleged concessions for the SMSP mining company, which belongs to the mainly Kanak northern…

The president of the National Assembly of France says the relationship between the people of New Caledonia and its institutions has to improve to cope with the challenges ahead.

A leading anti-independence party in New Caledonia has welcomed the announcement that Paris will shortly organise top-level discussions on the electoral law as it to be finalised for the independence…

The president of the French National Assembly has called for a meeting of New Caledonia's political leaders in Paris to overcome disagreements over a new electoral law for the territory's independence…