Category: Culture
Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference
by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics
French Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories Gérald Darmanin accused Azerbaijan of...
Read MoreFrance and Australia fraternize…
by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
The submarine crisis is an old memory. In September 2021, Sydney cancelled the contract of the...
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 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 New Caledonian government has decided to create new marine reserves in the Coral Sea Natural Park. There will now be an additional...
Read MoreEmma Grousset, Miss Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Sep 16, 2023 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia
A week after the election of Miss Caledonia, the error in counting the votes has been rectified....
Read MoreMiss Caledonia voting error
by Ted Wood | Sep 13, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia
The elected Miss actually only came fourth The Miss world is in a state of shock. Four days after...
Read MoreThe University of New Caledonia opens up further to the Pacific zone
by Ted Wood | Aug 25, 2023 | Area, Culture, Education, Environment, New Caledonia, Pacific
The University of New Caledonia has just received substantial financial support from the French...
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 MorePolynesia honoured at Cesar 2023
by Ted Wood | Feb 25, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia
Benoit Magimel was awarded the César for best actor for the film Pacification-Tourments sur les...
Read MoreWinners of the Papeete International Oceanian Film Festival
by Ted Wood | Feb 12, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia
The Caledonian film Waan Yaat won the second special prize of the Jury at the FIFO (International Oceanian Film Festival of Papeete). The film recounts the case of the Hienghène ambush in 1984. On 5 December 1984, in Waan Yaat,...
Read MoreFifo: the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
by Ted Wood | Feb 9, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
The International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival is taking place in Tahiti from February 12 to February 16. This festival was created in 2004. Its aim is to promote Oceania and make it visible through documentary films. In...
Read More- Riots: curfew until July 1The 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.