Category: Economy

Second Pacific Islands Summit

Posted by Ted Wood | Sep 26, 2023 | Area, Economy, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

The State pays AUD 60 million to Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Sep 30, 2023 | Area, Economy, Healthcare, New Caledonia

This money is intended to plug the holes in the local pension fund, the hospital and various social expenses… The civil servants’ pension fund is insolvent. November’s pension payments were threatened. Disabled...

Fiji Airways in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Sep 18, 2023 | Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Travel

The first flight is scheduled for 7 December. Fiji Airways has announced that the inaugural flight...

Discussions on the future of New Caledonia have begun in Paris

by Ted Wood | Sep 4, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

New Caledonian political delegations to stay for a week The week began on Monday 4 September with a meeting on nickel. It brought together the main players in New Caledonian nickel under the chairmanship of the Minister for the...

20% discount on electric cars

by Ted Wood | Sep 4, 2023 | Area, Economy, Environment, New Caledonia

To support the sale of electric cars The Caledonian Energy Agency aims to help New Caledonia achieve its energy transition. The agency has decided to offer a 20% discount on electric cars, buggies and scooters. The aid is capped...

Emmanuel Macron proposes the Nouméa Accord

by Ted Wood | Jul 28, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics

He has proposed major investment by the State. He also wants a “path of...

The President of the French Republic in Nouméa

by Ted Wood | Jul 23, 2023 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Emmanuel Macron arrives in New Caledonia for three days on Monday 24. He previously visited in...

An audit of decolonization in Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jun 2, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Emmanuel Macron’s Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories is in New Caledonia. He presented the conclusions of a decolonization audit The aim of the audit was to analyze the measures taken by the State to support...

The President of New Caledonia requests financial and technical assistance from the State

by Ted Wood | May 14, 2023 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The President of the Government of New Caledonia is completing his two-week visit to Paris. He met...

Cheaper plane tickets for Wallisians and Futunians

by Ted Wood | Mar 23, 2023 | Area, Economy, Travel, Wallis and Futuna

The State increases aid by 45 The Ministry in charge of Overseas Territories in Emmanuel Macron’s government has decided to increase the amount of aid for territorial continuity. This is a monetary aid that aims to reduce...

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...

Self-employed protest in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Mar 1, 2023 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics, Theme

They refuse a big increase in their health insurance contributions. On Tuesday 28 February, more...

Macron in Vanuatu and PNG

New Caledonia is not the only objective of Emmanuel Macron's visit. After Nouméa on 27 July, the French President will fly to Vanuatu with the Presidents of New Caledonia (Louis Mapou) and Polynesia (Moetai Brotherson). On 28 July, he will travel to Papua New Guinea. He will be developing the theme known as the Indo-Pacific axis. The idea is to build a bulwark against China's omnipotence in the region.