Category: Culture

Wallis and Futuna at the Agricultural Show

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

A conference on the Celts in the Pacific

by Ted Wood | Oct 18, 2024 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific

On October 23 and 24 2024, the University of New Caledonia is organizing a conference on the Celts in the Pacific. It will address the question of the Celtic diaspora in the region. This includes Bretons (eastern France), Irish,...

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...

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...

France 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...

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...

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 New Caledonian government has decided to create new marine reserves in the Coral Sea Natural Park. There will now be an additional...

Emma 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....

Miss 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...

The 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...

Newspaper: 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...

The New Caledonian daily newspaper in bankruptcy

by Ted Wood | Mar 10, 2023 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, New Caledonia

It will stop publishing on Thursday 16 March. This concerns its weekend paper version and its...

Polynesia 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...

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.