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France and Australia fraternize…

Posted by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

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...

Pacific defense ministers in Nouméa

by Ted Wood | Nov 29, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

After the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of the Economy and Finance last week,...

Disunited 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...

Gerald 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...

The 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...

New Caledonia and the SPC strengthen their ties

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2023 | Area, Education, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, and the President of the South...

Anti-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...

Court 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...

Coral 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...

Eradication 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...

A 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...

“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...

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!