Category: Area

Newspaper: New Caledonia’s only daily newspa...

Posted by Ted Wood | Mar 17, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Business, Culture, Economy, Justice, New Caledonia

Cheaper plane tickets for Wallisians and Futunians

by Ted Wood | Mar 23, 2023 | Area, Economy, Travel, Wallis and Futuna

The State increases aid by 45 The Ministry in charge of Overseas Territories in Emmanuel Macron’s government has decided to increase the amount of aid for territorial continuity. This is a monetary aid that aims to reduce...

Swimming banned until the end of the year in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Mar 18, 2023 | Area, Business, Environment, New Caledonia

The Noumea town hall has banned swimming at the beach until the end of the year. This decision comes after the three shark attacks that took place in one month. They caused the death of an Australian tourist and seriously...

The New Caledonian daily newspaper in bankruptcy

by Ted Wood | Mar 10, 2023 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, New Caledonia

It will stop publishing on Thursday 16 March. This concerns its weekend paper version and its...

End of the conflict in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Mar 10, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia

The streets of Noumea are moving again. The trucks that were blocking the roundabouts in the capital have left. An agreement was signed during the night of Thursday to Friday 10 March between the demonstrators and the president...

Health insurance: second demonstration in Noumea against the reform

by Ted Wood | Mar 8, 2023 | Area, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

The mobilisation is decreasing, but the organisers are ready to harden the movement There were...

Politic : Five months to find an agreement !

by Ted Wood | Mar 6, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics

Emmanuel Macron’s Minister of the Interior has proposed a timetable for negotiations to the...

The Secretary of State in Wallis and Futuna

by Ted Wood | Mar 6, 2023 | Area, Business, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

Jean-François Carenco, Secretary of State for Overseas France, is spending two days in Wallis and...

New Caledonia’s armed forces help Vanuatu after the cyclones

by Ted Wood | Mar 6, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

The ship d’Entrecasteaux has arrived in Port Villa to provide assistance to the territory...

One of Macron’s senior ministers in Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Mar 5, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics

The aim is to find a solution for the future of New Caledonia with two opposing camps, the...

Self-employed protest in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Mar 1, 2023 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics, Theme

They refuse a big increase in their health insurance contributions. On Tuesday 28 February, more...

Eight pilot whales stranded

by Ted Wood | Feb 25, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia

Eight dead pilot whales were found lifeless on Nessadiou beach in Bourail in central western New...

Polynesia honoured at Cesar 2023

by Ted Wood | Feb 25, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia

Benoit Magimel was awarded the César for best actor for the film Pacification-Tourments sur les...

One kilo of cocaine seized in Noumea
On 8 February, two men aged 45 and 48 living in New Caledonia were arrested by the police. Customs seized one kilo of cocaine hidden in a postal parcel. The investigators also seized one gram of ecstasy. The two traffickers had been under surveillance for some time. They had picked up a parcel at the post office in which the drugs were hidden in a small portable enclosure. The police are now working hard to find the dealers' customers. This is the largest cocaine seizure in Caledonia in recent years.