Category: Area

    Warren Dexter replaces Tevaiti Pomare as Finan...

Posted by Ted Wood | Aug 21, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The Marquesas Islands listed as a World Heritage Site

by Ted Wood | Jul 28, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Environment, French Polynesia, Travel

After the Taputapuātea cultural landscape in 2017, it’s now the Marquesas Islands region...

by Ted Wood | Jul 16, 2024 | Area, Business, Environment, French Polynesia, Healthcare, Lifestyle, New Caledonia, Pacific

Therapeutic cannabis legalized Since Tuesday July 9, it has been possible to consume medical...

Independents lose two MPs

by Ted Wood | Jul 14, 2024 | French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

Mereana Reid-Arbelot is the only pro-independence MP to renew her mandate. Tavini Huiraatira loses...

A Kanak pro-independence deputy elected to the National Assembly

by Ted Wood | Jul 7, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics

For the first time in forty-three years, a pro-independence candidate has been elected to the...

Riots: curfew until July 1

by Ted Wood | Jun 23, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, In Short, Justice, New Caledonia, Politics

The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell...

Riots: pre-trial detention to be carried out in France

by Ted Wood | Jun 23, 2024 | Breaking News, Justice, New Caledonia, Politics

Christian Tein, head of the Cellule de coordination des actions de terrain, will be transferred to Mulhouse prison in the Grand Est region of mainland France. Christian Tein is the leader of the CCAT, the organization considered...

Riots : Pro-independence leaders arrested in Nouméa

by Ted Wood | Jun 19, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Justice, New Caledonia, Politics

On Wednesday January 19, police arrested several leaders of the CCAT*. The CCAT is an offshoot of...

Riots: Tontouta airport reopens on Monday June 17

by Ted Wood | Jun 16, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics

The curfew will now begin at 8 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. According to the New Caledonian High Commission, the road leading to Nouméa airport is now secure. La Tontouta airport can therefore reopen. The curfew in force since Tuesday...

Two security guards wounded with firearms

by Ted Wood | Jun 16, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, Justice, New Caledonia, Politics

Two security guards were injured at gunpoint on Friday evening in a shopping center in the commune of Le Mont-Dore. One was “seriously injured”. One of the security guards was hit in the neck by pellets lodged under...

The far right sweeps through France

by Ted Wood | Jun 11, 2024 | French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Politics

The future French National Assembly is scaring Caledonian independence fighters. On Sunday June 9,...

Polynesia: Oscar Temaru wants sovereignty without a referendum

by Ted Wood | Jun 5, 2024 | Area, French Polynesia, Pacific, Politics

The leader of Tahiti’s independence party (Tavini), Oscar Temaru, said on Monday evening...

Émeutes : il est encore impossible d’aller travailler

by Ted Wood | Jun 5, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Après trois semaines d’émeutes, les salariés ne peuvent toujours pas aller en toute sécurité dans...

Riots: curfew until July 1
The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell wine or champagne-type beverages with an alcohol content not exceeding 18%. Beer sales are still not permitted.