Category: 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...
Read MoreNations 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)...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe 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....
Read MoreThe French army ship has arrived in Noumea
The Auguste-Bénébig will monitor Caledonia’s exclusive economic zone. Illegal...
Read MoreSwimming 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...
Read MoreNewspaper: 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...
Read MoreThe New Caledonian daily newspaper in bankruptcy
It will stop publishing on Thursday 16 March. This concerns its weekend paper version and its...
Read MoreEnd 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...
Read MoreHealth 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...
Read MorePolitic : 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...
Read MoreNew 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...
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- 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.