Category: Economy
War makes nickel soar
by Ted Wood | Mar 5, 2022 | Breaking News, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Pacific, World
This allows New Caledonian producers to improve their profitability… The war in Ukraine is having...
Read MoreState lends A$278 million to Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Feb 19, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
New Caledonia’s finances are in the red The loan granted by France will allow New Caledonia to balance its budget. Emmanuel Macron’s minister explained that this loan would secure the entire social system. He was...
Read MorePolynesia: one million square kilometers of marine reserves added
During the One Ocean Summit in Brest (France) on Friday, February 11, the President of French...
Read MoreA demonstration to reform the banking system
by Ted Wood | Feb 13, 2022 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
It is a first in Wallis and Futuna On Thursday, February 10, a peaceful demonstration was organized in Wallis and Futuna to denounce the banking system. The organizers (private companies) explained in an open letter to the...
Read MoreState of health emergency in Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Feb 3, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
The French government has declared a state of health emergency as of Wednesday, February 2nd. The state of health emergency is above all a legal tool. It will allow the High Commissioner of the Republic, who is President...
Read MoreA tourism recovery plan for New Caledonia
After two years of health crisis and collapse of the tourism industry, Caledonia has announced the launch of a recovery plan to attract foreign visitors. A return to normal activity is not expected for three or four years....
Read MoreA Japanese consulate in New Caledonia?
The information is circulating in Japan, but it has not been confirmed in Caledonia. In a recent...
Read MoreFrance revives industry in Caledonia
In a double-page spread published on January 26, the daily newspaper Les Nouvelles calédoniennes explains that the economic recovery plan launched at the national level is now having a concrete impact on the island. Thanks to...
Read MoreSoaring prices in Polynesia
Everything has increased in Polynesia since January 1st 2022. The price of taxes, gas, electricity, food products… It is a unanimous observation. And consumers are paying the consequences. Even products classified as...
Read MoreThe liners back in Polynesia
After two years without foreign liners, the port of Papeete welcomed the Viking Orion on Monday 17 January 2022. Inside, cruise passengers are subject to a very strict sanitary protocol to contain the spread of Covid. Polynesia...
Read MoreNew Caledonia welcomes back international flights
by Ted Wood | Dec 9, 2021 | Breaking News, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Pacific, Travel
New Caledonia has lifted the suspension of international flights, in place since 1 April 2020. The borders were to remain closed until 31 December 2021, but the lifting of the measure has been brought forward by one month. New...
Read MoreFight against inequalities, recovery plan and France in Louis Mapou’s general policy statement Two weeks before the third and final referendum on independence, Louis Mapou, the President of the 17th government of New Caledonia, delivered his general policy statement on Thursday, November 25, 2021, at the Tjibaou Cultural Center in Nouméa. An historical moment for many reasons. Premieres It’s the first time that a general policy statement has been delivered in this place, named after Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a man and political figure whose life and action have remained intimately linked to New Caledonia’s recent history. It’s also the first time that an independentist leader presides the collegiate government, a unique institution in the French Republic, created under the Nouméa Accord on May 5, 1998. And finally, this 17th government of New Caledonia is likely the last of the Nouméa Accord. Growth and inequalities The Nouméa Accord, which extended the principle of rebalancing established in the Matignon Accord of 1988 (with the training of Caledonian executives but also an economic rebalancing between the three provinces, notably marked by the creation of a nickel factory and infrastructures in the North province), has been a period of extraordinary growth for the territory. But these three decades have also seen the disparities in inequality or wealth widen. « I said it, I repeat it, between the poorest and the richest in France, ratio of 1 to 4, here, it’s 1 to 10 », had underlined Sébastien Lecornu, French Minister of the Overseas, in Nouméa, on October 18 th, just before leaving New Caledonia for mainland France. “ Bond of belonging” In his general policy statement, President Louis Mapou thus made the fight against inequalities the « Great cause » of his mandate. « Inequalities are everywhere, he said: at school, at work, in access to housing, in front of the store stall, in the exercise of custom. The Covid-19 health crisis has reaffirmed its acuteness. » This fight against inequalities is a prerequisite for all communities living together, which involves building everyone’s « bond of belonging » to New Caledonia. A country for everyone « There is a place for everyone in New Caledonia. For the Kanak people, but also for all those who have arrived since then, » said President Mapou. Who believes that « the various claims of legitimacy formulated towards New Caledonia must now give way to a process of responsibility which transcends them, that of participating in the construction of the central pole – refering to the kanak hut – of a new New Caledonia which is at the rendezvous of its history. But we must beware of any political, ideological or cultural approach which advocates the dilution of one identity into another and which creates a nest of institutional instabilities. » In his speech, Louis Mapou added that the government intends to « support the process of historical and identity appropriation initiated by valuing the contribution of all communities to history, identity and culture, to strengthen the central pole from New Caledonia ». In addition, after the most serious health crisis that the country has ever known, with more than 12,000 positive cases of Covid-19 and 276 deaths, the President of the 17th government presented emergency measures concerning the control of the functioning expenditure of New Caledonia and its public establishments. As well as a recovery plan for New Caledonia’s economic activity, driven by the determination of a true ecological transition. More Pacific and a new relationship with France Finally, President Mapou spoke of New Caledonia’s desire for greater integration into the Pacific region, as well as its « historical, cultural and linguistic » relationship with France. « It is quite natural that this cooperation in the Pacific evolves and is strengthened », affirmed Louis Mapou, before calling for « to engage with the French State, very quickly, a discussion on all the subjects on which it is necessary to renovate the sharing of skills with New Caledonia ». This general policy statement by President Mapou is part of a period that goes until June 2024, ending date of the provincial mandate in New Caledonia.
by Ted Wood | Dec 2, 2021 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics
Two weeks before the third and final referendum on independence, Louis Mapou, the President of the...
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