Category: Politics

Health insurance: second demonstration in Noumea a...

Posted by Ted Wood | Mar 8, 2023 | Area, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Politics

Politic : Five months to find an agreement !

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

Emmanuel Macron’s Minister of the Interior has proposed a timetable for negotiations to the...

The Secretary of State in Wallis and Futuna

by Ted Wood | Mar 6, 2023 | Area, Business, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

Jean-François Carenco, Secretary of State for Overseas France, is spending two days in Wallis and...

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...

One of Macron’s senior ministers in Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Mar 5, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics

The aim is to find a solution for the future of New Caledonia with two opposing camps, the...

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...

University of Caledonia: an international research project for peace

by Ted Wood | Feb 22, 2023 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics, World

How to involve citizens in conflict resolution? The legal and economic research laboratory of the University of New Caledonia is embarking on a new international research project entitled “Inclusive Peace”. The...

The President of the Republic sends his Minister of the Interior to Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Nov 29, 2022 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics

Relations are tense with the independents Gérald Darmanin, one of the main ministers of Emmanuel...

The Council of State partially annuls the elections

by Ted Wood | Nov 16, 2022 | Area, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

On 20 March, the list led by Samuele Keletolona for the elections to the territorial assembly of Wallis and Futuna lost by a few votes. He filed a complaint. According to Samuele Keletolona, some voters were registered on both...

The Marquesas want to stay in France

by Ted Wood | Nov 9, 2022 | Area, French Polynesia, Politics

For the first time, the chiefs (Hakaiki) of the six Marquesas islands have decided to join...

by Ted Wood | Nov 6, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Politics

The hut of the Customary Senate burned down The large hut of the Customary Senate was once again...

A new Grand Chief for the Isle of Pines

by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2022 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia, Politics

The Grand Chief of the Isle of Pines was enthroned on 14 October. Guillaume Këëwa Vendegou, aged...

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...

One kilo of cocaine seized in Noumea
On 8 February, two men aged 45 and 48 living in New Caledonia were arrested by the police. Customs seized one kilo of cocaine hidden in a postal parcel. The investigators also seized one gram of ecstasy. The two traffickers had been under surveillance for some time. They had picked up a parcel at the post office in which the drugs were hidden in a small portable enclosure. The police are now working hard to find the dealers' customers. This is the largest cocaine seizure in Caledonia in recent years.