Category: New Caledonia

Another fatal shark attack in Caledonia

Posted by Ted Wood | May 28, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia

An audit of decolonization in Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jun 2, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Emmanuel Macron’s Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories is in New Caledonia. He presented the conclusions of a decolonization audit The aim of the audit was to analyze the measures taken by the State to support...

Nations of water: the reality of climate change

by Ted Wood | May 21, 2023 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Wallis and Futuna

The University of New Caledonia and the Pacific Islands University Research Network (PIURN)...

The President of New Caledonia requests financial and technical assistance from the State

by Ted Wood | May 14, 2023 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The President of the Government of New Caledonia is completing his two-week visit to Paris. He met...

The President of the New Caledonian Government in Paris

by Ted Wood | May 3, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific

Louis Mapou to meet with key government officials It’s not a visit, it’s a Marathon....

The French army ship has arrived in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Apr 4, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Theme

The Auguste-Bénébig will monitor Caledonia’s exclusive economic zone. Illegal...

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...

Newspaper: New Caledonia’s only daily newspaper goes bankrupt

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

After more than fifty years of existence On Friday 17 March, the Commercial Court of Noumea...

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...

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...

Covid returns to Tahiti
The Covid-19 epidemic is back on the rise in French Polynesia. Sixty-six new cases were confirmed last week, according to Tahiti Infos. According to the health watch bulletin, the cases are mainly concentrated in Tahiti (46), then in the Tuamotus (11) and the Leeward Islands (6). The XBB.1.5 sub-variant, responsible for this upsurge, appears to be more contagious, but has so far caused very few serious cases.