Category: Culture

A new Grand Chief for the Isle of Pines

Posted by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2022 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia, Politics

Death of Déwé Gorodey, figure of Kanak literature and independence in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Aug 21, 2022 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia, Politics

The writer and politician has died at the age of 73 Déwé Gorodey, the first Kanak novelist and a...

A “Peace Square” in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Jun 29, 2022 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia, Politics

The handshake between the anti-independence Jacques Lafleur and the independence Jean-Marie...

Two new traditional chiefs were officially installed in Wallis and Futuna

by Ted Wood | Jan 12, 2022 | Area, Culture, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

Tuihoua for the village of Tepa in the South district of Wallis and Folaufakate for the village of Ahoa in the central district. Two new traditional chiefs of the King Takumasiva Aisake chiefdom were installed on Saturday 8...

Customary Senators want “Kanak” to respect mourning.

by Ted Wood | Dec 9, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Culture, New Caledonia, Politics

With three days to go before the referendum, the Customary Senate reiterates its call to respect the dead linked to Covid-19. At a press conference on Thursday 9 December, the Customary Senate of New Caledonia asked “the...

Europe invests in culture

by Ted Wood | Oct 22, 2021 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, World

The European Union will fund projects to promote the culture and heritage of its outermost regions...

New letters of Queen Pomaré found in Tahiti

by Ted Wood | Nov 8, 2020 | Culture, French Polynesia

There are about fifty handwritten letters from the one that ruled in Tahiti for fifty years in the...

No more vacancies in Wallis and Futuna cemeteries

by Ted Wood | Nov 7, 2020 | Culture, Religion, Wallis and Futuna

Wallisians and Futunians are very attached to the cult of the dead. The cemeteries hold an...

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A prize for a mathematics professor from the University of Caledonia
Mathematics teacher and researcher Silvère Bonnabel has been awarded the IMT - Académie des sciences Prix Espoir. The prize is awarded each year to a scientist under the age of 40 who has made a major innovation in the field of business. Silvère Bonnabel has developed mathematical methods that have industrial applications in the field of navigation. His award is AUD 23 000.