New Caledonia

An estimated 10,000 people in New Caledonia have rallied to demand extending voting rights in provincial elections to all residents.

The pro-independence Caledonian Union has put the onus on France to become a key actor for the territory's decolonisation.

Vanuatu's opposition leader is calling for engagement with New Caledonia's anti-independence side.

The president of New Caledonia's Congress says the territory could become an independent state associated with France. Audio

The Pacific Conference of Churches says it plans to hold its 2022 general assembly in New Caledonia to coincide with the third referendum on independence from France.

A remand prisoner in New Caledonia has been freed after the conditions in the Camp-Est jail were considered to be inhuman.

A broad consultation has been launched by the government of New Caledonia about the territory's nickel resource to develop strategies for the future.

The Brazilian miner Vale has reconfirmed that it will shut its nickel plant in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia's main anti-independence coalition, the Loyalists, has urged Paris to become proactive to avoid a third referendum on independence from France.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement has confirmed that it will request a third and last referendum on independence from France.

An organisation of French citizens without full voting rights in New Caledonia has called for a rally to coincide with a visit to Noumea by the French overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu.

A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy the aspirations of the Kanak people for more self-rule.