New Caledonia

Six months after New Caledonia voted against independence from France, this weekend's provincial elections will offer a new opportunity to test the same question.

The president of New Caledonia's northern province says attaining full sovereignty is the only way out of the 1998 Noumea Accord.

There has been another fire at the New Caledonian mining site at Kouaoua.

Ten people in New Caledonia have been given jail sentences for their role in a cannabis trafficking network shut down in 2016.

Commemorations have been held in New Caledonia to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the pro-independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou.

One of the main anti-independence party coalitions in New Caledonia says it wants to have the next referendum on independence from France to be held within less than a year.

Prosecutors in New Caledonia have opened an official inquiry into the stranding of an abandoned ship in a marine reserve.

New Caledonia's mainly Kanak USTKE union has urged its members to vote for the Labour Party in next month's provincial elections.

It has been established that the French ship which triggered a protest by China was the New Caledonia-base frigate Vendemiaire.

Campaigning has officially begun for New Caledonia's provincial elections next month although parties have been preparing for the vote for weeks.

Hienghène Sport and AS Magenta have set up the first ever all-New Caledonia final in the OFC Champions League after upset victories over Team Wellington and Auckland City on Sunday.

Team Wellington and Auckland City are poised to meet in the OFC Champions League football competition for the fourth time in five years, if they can overcome a partisan crowd...

There has been a protest at the Vale nickel plant in the south of New Caledonia over the latest awarding of major new contracts.

The French High Commission in Noumea has approved all 25 lists of candidates submitted for New Caledonia's provincial elections on 12th May.

Vanuatu and New Caledonia have signed a free trade agreement.

A total of 25 lists of candidates have been submitted to contest New Caledonia's provincial elections on 12th May.