Category: Business

Wallis and Futuna at the Agricultural Show

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

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...

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...

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...

Air Moana saved in extremis

by Ted Wood | Oct 10, 2024 | Business, Economy, French Polynesia, Pacific

Air Moana was due to cease operations on September 30… The airline Air Moana has announced...

The appalling toll of the riots

by Ted Wood | Oct 9, 2024 | Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The French statistics institute (Isee) has published a new assessment of the riots that devastated...

    Warren Dexter replaces Tevaiti Pomare as Finance Minister

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

Tevaiti Pomare has been dismissed from the Brotherson government, where he was Minister of the...

The Marquesas Islands listed as a World Heritage Site

by Ted Wood | Jul 28, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Environment, French Polynesia, Travel

After the Taputapuātea cultural landscape in 2017, it’s now the Marquesas Islands region...

by Ted Wood | Jul 16, 2024 | Area, Business, Environment, French Polynesia, Healthcare, Lifestyle, New Caledonia, Pacific

Therapeutic cannabis legalized Since Tuesday July 9, it has been possible to consume medical...

Émeutes : il est encore impossible d’aller travailler

by Ted Wood | Jun 5, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Après trois semaines d’émeutes, les salariés ne peuvent toujours pas aller en toute sécurité dans...

Order has not been restored in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jun 4, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Three weeks after the start of the riots, the situation in New Caledonia remains extremely...

No power cuts for unpaid bills

by Ted Wood | May 30, 2024 | Area, Business, In Short, New Caledonia

In a press release dated May 29, EEC, the company responsible for electricity distribution in Nouméa, announced that power cuts for unpaid bills have been suspended. Appropriate solutions will be found on a case-by-case basis,...

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.