New Caledonia

New Caledonia's biggest political party says the government should ban cruise ships from the marine reserve of the uninhabited Chesterfield islands.

Corrections staff in New Caledonia have asked for a regrading of their positions within the public service.

The French president Emmanuel Macron has blamed monopolies as well as pay boosts for public servants for the high cost of living in French overseas territories.

A strike at New Caledonia's SLN nickel company is about to enter its second month.

A former New Caledonian president Harold Martin has announced his resignation as mayor of Paita but says he will serve out his term in the Congress.

Figures released in New Caledonia show almost 500 people have contracted dengue since an epidemic of the mosquito-borne disease was declared in the week before Christmas.

The French overseas minister Annick Girardin says the fight against the high cost of living in France's overseas territories has to be a national priority.

Japan and France have discussed the possibility of concerted action to fight illegal fishing in the Pacific during talks in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia's SLN nickel company says this month's strike has created a serious situation for the already troubled business.

The French government has decided to extend debate over France's social and economic crisis to include New Caledonia.

Judicial authorities in New Caledonia have rejected a bid for home detention by the territory's top surgeon who is awaiting his trial for murder.

Authorities in Wallis and Futuna say there is an increasing number of people from New Caledonia registering for driving tests.

Plans to introduce a 20,000 franc note in the French Pacific have been abandoned partly because of concern about money-laundering.

A strike at mines run by the nickel company SLN in New Caledonia has entered its third week.

A public row has erupted in New Caledonia over the state of the new central public hospital outside Noumea.