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No political agreement in New Caledonia!

Posted by Ted Wood | May 8, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Major military maneuvers in Wallis and Futuna

by Ted Wood | Apr 24, 2025 | Area, Pacific, Pacific, Wallis and Futuna, World

The Armed Forces in New Caledonia organize the Southern Cross military exercise every two years....

Still no agreement between independentists and loyalists

by Ted Wood | Apr 2, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The French government’s Minister for Overseas Territories will return at the end of April....

Wallis and Futuna at the Agricultural Show

by Ted Wood | Mar 2, 2025 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna came up trumps. The small French archipelago made a big splash at the Paris...

Discussions between independentists and non-independents are moving forward

by Ted Wood | Mar 2, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The Minister for Overseas France, Manuel Valls, has finally brought everyone to the table…...

Nouméa-Bangkok: the sex airline!

by Ted Wood | Feb 6, 2025 | Area, Business, New Caledonia, Pacific, Travel

The opening of the Nouméa-Bangkok-Paris airline will give sex tourism enthusiasts wings. Many...

A hospital for Futuna!

by Ted Wood | Feb 6, 2025 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

Construction could begin in less than a year. It will be a real revolution for the inhabitants of the small island of Futuna. There will be a scanner and a mammography machine. Pregnant women and babies will receive much better...

Alcide Ponga, President of the Government of New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jan 9, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

New Caledonia has a new president: Alcide Ponga. He’s a Kanak, but not an independentist. He...

The end of the tunnel for real estate scams in Thailand?

by Ted Wood | Jan 6, 2025 | Area, Business, French Polynesia, Justice

In Polynesia, 350 families had been swindled by the Thai real estate company New Nordic. They had invested in apartments in Thailand. The company’s boss, Norwegian Kurt Svendheim, fled with billions of Pacific francs...

New Caledonia’s government has fallen

by Ted Wood | Dec 30, 2024 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics

On Christmas Eve, the small loyalist party Calédonie Ensemble brought down the local (and...

The fall of the French government has the Outremers trembling

by Ted Wood | Dec 5, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

French Polynesia, Walis and Futuna and especially New Caledonia are very worried. Just three...

One billion euros for Caledonia!

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

The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, is visiting Paris. He met Prime...

France’s second and third highest officials in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Nov 13, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, and Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the French...

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.