New Caledonia

The French government has agreed to help New Caledonia's nickel sector which has been hit by a sharp drop in the price of nickel.

The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, will today chair a meeting of the so-called signatories of the 1998 Noumea Accord as New Caledonia's independence referendum nears.

A three-day meeting on New Caledonia's independence referendum is about to begin in Paris. Walter Zweifel explains the sticking points.

The Swiss-based mining conglomerate Glencore says it is committed to investing in New Caledonia in 2016 despite massive losses last year because of the slump in the price of nickel.

French correction officials in New Caledonia are re-examining the territory's jail after a guard was beaten and briefly held hostage at the weekend.

Health authorities in New Caledonia have confirmed two new cases of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement says it would like that air links with Vanuatu be maintained.

France has invited United Nations observers to assist in the vetting of New Caledonia's electoral roll, which Kanak leaders have said is rigged.

New Caledonia's postal service has decided to close its office in St Louis near Noumea for security reasons.

A guard has been beaten and briefly held prisoner by inmates at New Caledonia's East Camp prison.

A key party within New Caledonia's pro-independence umbrella group says it is against another deal to succeed the 1998 Noumea Accord which expires in two years.

It's make or break time in Rarotonga, with grand final spots on the line at the Oceania Under 17 Women's Football Champs.

Police in New Caledonia have arrested four young men after a police vehicle was stoned and a policeman seriously injured.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement says there are still more than 3,000 people on the electoral list who it says are not eligible to vote.

More than 1,000 people in New Caledonia are registered to vote in Friday's snap election in Vanuatu.

The Cook Islands are determined to put on a good show in front of their home supporters in their opening match of the Oceania Under 17 Women's Football Championship in Rarotonga.

New Caledonia's truckers have called on the president to convene talks about the future of the nickel sector which is the backbone of the territory's economy.

New Caledonia has lifted its cyclone warning for the country as Cyclone Ula weakens on its southward track.

Strong winds from tropical cyclone Ula were being felt in Vanuatu's Tafea province as the storm tracked towards the southern islands.