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Shark: beaches reopened to swimming
by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Travel
At Baie des Citrons, in addition to the anti-shark net installed, the area will be fully supervised. All other beaches and islets are not secured, but are now authorized for swimming. Phew! Caledonians and tourists alike will...
Read MorePacific defense ministers in Nouméa
After the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of the Economy and Finance last week,...
Read MoreDisunited independentists demonstrate
by Ted Wood | Nov 24, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics
A peaceful march was held on Friday morning (November 24) in support of the pro-independence...
Read MoreGerald Darmanin: more room for the Kanak world
by Ted Wood | Nov 24, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics
Gérald Darmanin is in New Caledonia for the third time this year. One of Emmanuel Macron’s...
Read MoreThe US ambassador visits New Caledonia and Polynesia
by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2023 | Area, Culture, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics
Denise Campbell Bauer, is in Noumea from Tuesday 24 October. She will then travel to Papeete. This...
Read MoreNew Caledonia and the SPC strengthen their ties
The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, and the President of the South...
Read MoreAnti-shark nets: angry grannies
by Ted Wood | Oct 22, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia
They defy the authorities and swim despite the ban The bays of Nouméa have been banned from swimming this year following several shark attacks. Noumea town hall is currently installing an anti-shark net to allow the beaches to...
Read MoreCourt halts shark hunt
by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia
The administrative court in Nouméa has suspended the tiger shark and bulldog shark fishing...
Read MoreCoral Sea: the government quadruples the surface area of New Caledonia’s marine reserves
by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Culture, Environment, New Caledonia
The New Caledonian government has created new marine reserves in the Coral Sea Natural Park. The...
Read MoreEradication of feral pigs
by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
They cause too much damage in Nuku’atea Wild pigs are a scourge on Wallis and Futuna. They...
Read MoreA report on the French Indo-Pacific
by Ted Wood | Oct 17, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
A report by the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) looks at the geostrategic...
Read More“There are two legitimacies in New Caledonia today”.
by Ted Wood | Oct 17, 2023 | New Caledonia, Politics
The new senator, Georges Naturel, has stated his desire to do politics differently. He was...
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- Former Caledonian High Commissioner at the Elysée Palace
Former haussaire Patrice Faure has been appointed to the strategic position of director of the Élysée cabinet. The new arrival is a 56-year-old former non-commissioned officer who worked for the DGSE (secret service). He was prefect in the Morbihan region and above all high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, where he was responsible for organizing the referendum on self-determination. He greeted the French President in French Guiana in 2017 with a resounding: "The problem with the French administration is that there are more underpants than balls!