Category: Pacific

Pacific defense ministers in Nouméa

Posted by Ted Wood | Nov 29, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

New Caledonia and the SPC strengthen their ties

by Ted Wood | Oct 24, 2023 | Area, Education, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, and the President of the South...

A report on the French Indo-Pacific

by Ted Wood | Oct 17, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

A report by the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) looks at the geostrategic...

Indo-Pacific: France warns China that it is a force to be reckoned with

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

What will the President of the French Republic take away from his visit to New Caledonia? (24-25...

The President of the New Caledonian Government in Paris

by Ted Wood | May 3, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific

Louis Mapou to meet with key government officials It’s not a visit, it’s a Marathon....

The French army ship has arrived in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Apr 4, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Theme

The Auguste-Bénébig will monitor Caledonia’s exclusive economic zone. Illegal...

New Caledonia’s armed forces help Vanuatu after the cyclones

by Ted Wood | Mar 6, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

The ship d’Entrecasteaux has arrived in Port Villa to provide assistance to the territory...

Shark attack in Noumea

by Ted Wood | Jan 29, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Environment, New Caledonia, Pacific

It happened on a beach in Noumea on Sunday 29 January 2023. A woman was swimming quietly on...

A new military ship for Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Jan 18, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Wallis and Futuna

The military ship, the Auguste Bénébig, is one of six patrol boats designed to reinforce the French Navy’s resources in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is at sea to reach Noumea. It weighs 1,300 tonnes and has a range of...

New Caledonia-USA: a long history

by Ted Wood | Oct 2, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

Here is President Louis Mapou’s full speech at the US-Pacific Island Countries Summit on...

First meetings for President Mapou in Washington D.C.

by Ted Wood | Sep 30, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

On the first day of the United States-Pacific Island Countries Summit, this Wednesday, September...

Virus: France and its overseas territories free…

by Ted Wood | May 15, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Business, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Travel, Wallis and Futuna

The end of compelling reasons to travel between France and its overseas territories (except Wallis...

New Caledonia-Australia-New Zealand military manoeuvres

by Ted Wood | May 6, 2022 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

The Armed Forces of New Caledonia (FANC) are hosting Australian and New Zealand detachments for a...

Former Caledonian High Commissioner at the Elysée Palace
Former haussaire Patrice Faure has been appointed to the strategic position of director of the Élysée cabinet. The new arrival is a 56-year-old former non-commissioned officer who worked for the DGSE (secret service). He was prefect in the Morbihan region and above all high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, where he was responsible for organizing the referendum on self-determination. He greeted the French President in French Guiana in 2017 with a resounding: "The problem with the French administration is that there are more underpants than balls!