Category: Pacific
New Caledonia and the SPC strengthen their ties
The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, and the President of the South...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreIndo-Pacific: France warns China that it is a force to be reckoned with
What will the President of the French Republic take away from his visit to New Caledonia? (24-25...
Read MoreThe 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....
Read MoreThe French army ship has arrived in Noumea
The Auguste-Bénébig will monitor Caledonia’s exclusive economic zone. Illegal...
Read MoreNew 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...
Read MoreShark 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...
Read MoreA 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...
Read MoreNew 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...
Read MoreFirst 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...
Read MoreVirus: 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...
Read MoreNew Caledonia-Australia-New Zealand military manoeuvres
The Armed Forces of New Caledonia (FANC) are hosting Australian and New Zealand detachments for a...
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- 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!