Category: Economy

No political agreement in New Caledonia!

Posted by Ted Wood | May 8, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Still no agreement between independentists and loyalists

by Ted Wood | Apr 2, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The French government’s Minister for Overseas Territories will return at the end of April....

Wallis and Futuna at the Agricultural Show

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

Wallis and Futuna came up trumps. The small French archipelago made a big splash at the Paris...

Discussions between independentists and non-independents are moving forward

by Ted Wood | Mar 2, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The Minister for Overseas France, Manuel Valls, has finally brought everyone to the table…...

A hospital for Futuna!

by Ted Wood | Feb 6, 2025 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

Construction could begin in less than a year. It will be a real revolution for the inhabitants of the small island of Futuna. There will be a scanner and a mammography machine. Pregnant women and babies will receive much better...

Alcide Ponga, President of the Government of New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jan 9, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

New Caledonia has a new president: Alcide Ponga. He’s a Kanak, but not an independentist. He...

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...

France’s second and third highest officials in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Nov 13, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, and Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the French...

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...

Nothing happened on September 24

by Ted Wood | Sep 26, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The whole of Caledonia held its breath over the long weekend of September 24. September 24 is the...

    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...

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.