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Situation on the fifth day of rioting

May 17, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Fifth day of violence in New Caledonia. The latest official report puts the death toll at five The situation is becoming extremely tense, particularly in terms of health and food. Note that : The first gendarmerie and police...

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

May 17, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics
New Caledonia in a state of emergency

May 17, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics
Riots in New Caledonia. Brotherson offers to mediate

May 15, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Politics
Riot: one dead in Noumea

May 15, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Politics

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

May 17, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

French Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories Gérald Darmanin accused Azerbaijan of...

Riots in New Caledonia. Brotherson offers to mediate

May 15, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Politics
300 “scientists” from the Yuang Wang 5 stuck in the boat

May 12, 2024 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia, Pacific, Politics
A scientist from New Caledonia is to spend eight months alone on an uninhabited islet in Polynesia

Apr 21, 2024 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia
The yoghurt war!

Apr 12, 2024 | Business, Economy, French Polynesia, Politics

New Caledonia wins the Solomon Islands Pacific Games

Dec 17, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Sports, Wallis and Futuna

New Caledonians once again shone at the Pacific Games held from November 19 to December 2, 2023. They finished top of the table with 197 medals, including 82 gold. This is better than in 2019, in Apia, where they won 182 medals,...

France and Australia fraternize…

Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
Eradication of feral pigs

Oct 19, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
A report on the French Indo-Pacific

Oct 17, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna
Romain Taofifenua retires

Oct 17, 2023 | Area, In Short, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna

Travel

Aircalin wants to serve Paris

Dec 31, 2023

Fiji Airways in New Caledonia

Sep 18, 2023

Sydney: Caledonian gets three-year suspended sentence for ai...

Jun 18, 2023

The Marquesas Islands on the World Heritage List

Oct 19, 2022

Polynesia, “the most welcoming and friendly country in...

Oct 11, 2022

Virus: France and its overseas territories free…

May 15, 2022

Air Moana seeks pilots

Jan 18, 2022

Motu Link to propose low cost flights in French Polynesia

Oct 15, 2021

French Polynesia tightens its containment

Aug 25, 2021

Covid-19: Vaccination mandatory to enter New Caledonia

Aug 16, 2021

French Polynesia closes its borders

Feb 3, 2021

New Caledonia: Aircalin to launch a flight to nowhere

Jan 14, 2021

New Caledonia: International flights to remain limited until...

Nov 10, 2020

Pascuans stranded in Tahiti flown back to Rapa Nui

Oct 8, 2020

One-way trans-Tasman bubble to open on October 16

Oct 7, 2020

First (virtual) flight for Fly CoralWay

Oct 6, 2020

The 500 millions of dollars New Caledonians will not spend a...

Sep 28, 2020

An upgraded Twin Otter to link Wallis and Futuna

Aug 9, 2020

Travel

Aircalin wants to serve Paris

by Ted Wood | Dec 31, 2023 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Travel | 0

New Caledonia’s public airline will have to buy new aircraft On the occasion of the...

Shark: beaches reopened to swimming

by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Travel | 0
Fiji Airways in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Sep 18, 2023 | Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Travel | 0
Parking charges at Tahiti-Faa’a International Airport have rocketed

by Ted Wood | Aug 10, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Travel | 0
Sydney: Caledonian gets three-year suspended sentence for airport bomb joke

by Ted Wood | Jun 18, 2023 | Area, Justice, New Caledonia, Pacific, Travel | 0

Economy

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

May 17, 2024

New Caledonia in a state of emergency

May 17, 2024

Riots in New Caledonia

May 14, 2024

The Nord plant will be out of production for at least six mo...

Feb 13, 2024

Aircalin wants to serve Paris

Dec 31, 2023

France and Australia fraternize…

Dec 6, 2023

Second Pacific Islands Summit

Sep 26, 2023

Fiji Airways in New Caledonia

Sep 18, 2023

Emmanuel Macron proposes the Nouméa Accord

Jul 28, 2023

The President of the French Republic in Nouméa

Jul 23, 2023

The President of New Caledonia requests financial and techni...

May 14, 2023

Newspaper: New Caledonia’s only daily newspaper goes b...

Mar 17, 2023

The New Caledonian daily newspaper in bankruptcy

Mar 10, 2023

Self-employed protest in Noumea

Mar 1, 2023

The Marquesas Islands on the World Heritage List

Oct 19, 2022

Edouard Fritch invited by Joe Biden

Sep 25, 2022

Anti-independents boycott the budget vote

Mar 30, 2022

War makes nickel soar

Mar 5, 2022

Polynesia: one million square kilometers of marine reserves ...

Feb 13, 2022

A Japanese consulate in New Caledonia?

Feb 3, 2022

Fight against inequalities, recovery plan and France in Loui...

Dec 2, 2021

Mandatory health pass in Polynesia

Nov 21, 2021

New Caledonia and Tesla: The deal of the century

Oct 14, 2021

Increase in tobacco prices

Oct 3, 2021

Independence of New Caledonia: a document with consequences

Jul 2, 2021

Referendum: what do New Caledonians want?

May 15, 2021

Covid-19: New Caledonia is confined

Mar 7, 2021

French Polynesia closes its borders

Feb 3, 2021

La Niña: Three weeks of rain in New Caledonia

Jan 13, 2021

Pro-independence parties’ goals for 2021

Jan 7, 2021

A brand new plane for Aircalin

Dec 27, 2020

The nickel plant of Vale evacuated following intrusions

Dec 10, 2020

A plan B for to buy Vale’s plant in New Caledonia

Dec 8, 2020

Nickel: Clashed in downtown Nouméa

Dec 7, 2020

Nickel: The situation is explosive in New Caledonia

Dec 6, 2020

Aircalin makes fewer redundancies than other companies

Dec 4, 2020

The French maritime zone is under constant surveillance

Dec 4, 2020

Takeover of Vale plant in New Caledonia: France proposes a «...

Nov 27, 2020

New Caledonia: Independentists threaten the french State

Nov 18, 2020

Mining factory takeover: Demonstrators demanding meeting wit...

Nov 17, 2020

Nickel: Demonstrators blockaded the port of Nouméa

Nov 13, 2020

New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna strengthen their coopera...

Nov 11, 2020

New Caledonia: International flights to remain limited until...

Nov 10, 2020

A recovery plan to boost New Caledonia’s economy

Nov 10, 2020

Nickel: Tension rises on New Caledonia southern plant

Nov 5, 2020

Emmanuel Macron’s minister on mission in New Caledonia

Oct 29, 2020

Vale refuses to sell its plant to the Caledonian company Sof...

Oct 28, 2020

Yann Lucien: “We must change our business model !̶...

Oct 21, 2020

Vanuatu kava seeking new markets

Oct 1, 2020

Nickel : Who is going to buy Vale New Caledonia ?

Sep 30, 2020

The 500 millions of dollars New Caledonians will not spend a...

Sep 28, 2020

Economy

Situation on the fifth day of rioting

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics | 0

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics | 0
New Caledonia in a state of emergency

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics | 0
Riots in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | May 14, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics | 0
The yoghurt war!

by Ted Wood | Apr 12, 2024 | Business, Economy, French Polynesia, Politics | 0

Politics

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

May 17, 2024

New Caledonia in a state of emergency

May 17, 2024

Riots in New Caledonia. Brotherson offers to mediate

May 15, 2024

Riot: one dead in Noumea

May 15, 2024

Riots in New Caledonia

May 14, 2024

300 “scientists” from the Yuang Wang 5 stuck in ...

May 12, 2024

The two major demonstrations remained peaceful

Apr 15, 2024

Voting rights: the heat is on in New Caledonia!

Mar 29, 2024

Anthony Tutugoro, 33, has become the first Caledonian to hol...

Mar 13, 2024

France and Australia fraternize…

Dec 6, 2023

Disunited independentists demonstrate

Nov 24, 2023

Gerald Darmanin: more room for the Kanak world

Nov 24, 2023

The US ambassador visits New Caledonia and Polynesia

Oct 24, 2023

A report on the French Indo-Pacific

Oct 17, 2023

“There are two legitimacies in New Caledonia todayR...

Oct 17, 2023

Second Pacific Islands Summit

Sep 26, 2023

A small political earthquake

Sep 25, 2023

Pro-independence leader Wamytan remains at the head of Congr...

Aug 31, 2023

The Minister of the Interior in Polynesia

Aug 16, 2023

Emmanuel Macron proposes the Nouméa Accord

Jul 28, 2023

Indo-Pacific: France warns China that it is a force to be re...

Jul 28, 2023

Macron: New Caledonia, French soil…

Jul 25, 2023

In Nouméa, Macron speaks to France.

Jul 25, 2023

The President of the French Republic in Nouméa

Jul 23, 2023

The President of New Caledonia requests financial and techni...

May 14, 2023

Moetai Brotherson, President of French Polynesia

May 14, 2023

Independents win territorial elections

May 2, 2023

The French army ship has arrived in Noumea

Apr 4, 2023

Health insurance: second demonstration in Noumea against the...

Mar 8, 2023

Politic : Five months to find an agreement !

Mar 6, 2023

The Secretary of State in Wallis and Futuna

Mar 6, 2023

One of Macron’s senior ministers in Caledonia

Mar 5, 2023

Self-employed protest in Noumea

Mar 1, 2023

The President of the Republic sends his Minister of the Inte...

Nov 29, 2022

The Marquesas want to stay in France

Nov 9, 2022

Nov 6, 2022

A new Grand Chief for the Isle of Pines

Oct 19, 2022

First meetings for President Mapou in Washington D.C.

Sep 30, 2022

Edouard Fritch invited by Joe Biden

Sep 25, 2022

Successful mission for Emmanuel Macron’s minister?

Sep 18, 2022

A Caledonian in the Macron government

Jul 6, 2022

A “Peace Square” in Noumea

Jun 29, 2022

Political earthquake in French Polynesia!

Jun 21, 2022

Loyalists win legislative elections

Jun 21, 2022

Legislative elections Three pro-independence candidates in t...

Jun 14, 2022

Jean-Lèques: the former mayor of Nouméa has died

Jun 2, 2022

Politics : Non-independence parties unite!

May 8, 2022

New Caledonia-Australia-New Zealand military manoeuvres

May 6, 2022

The French Pacific votes for Macron

Apr 25, 2022

Macron triumphs in French Polynesia

Apr 12, 2022

Presidential election: Emmanuel Macron leads in the first ro...

Apr 11, 2022

Presidential election: Macron slightly favoured

Apr 9, 2022

Anti-independents boycott the budget vote

Mar 30, 2022

Elections in Wallis and Futuna

Mar 19, 2022

End of the health pass

Mar 13, 2022

At the UN to talk about decolonization

Feb 8, 2022

A Japanese consulate in New Caledonia?

Feb 3, 2022

France sends 50 tons of aid to Tonga

Jan 25, 2022

Referendum: The NO to independence wins by a large margin

Dec 13, 2021

Humiliating campaign clips

Dec 9, 2021

Fight against inequalities, recovery plan and France in Loui...

Dec 2, 2021

Mandatory health pass in Polynesia

Nov 21, 2021

The State maintains the referendum on 12 December

Nov 21, 2021

Six months in prison for Gaston Flosse

Oct 14, 2021

Tahiti : The nuclear tests archives opened

Oct 7, 2021

China is watching Caledonia

Oct 5, 2021

Anti-vaccine demonstration during the lockdown…

Sep 25, 2021

Wallis and Futuna: Macron ready for an evolution of the arch...

Aug 2, 2021

The pro-independence Roch Wamytan presiding over the congres...

Jul 29, 2021

Louis Mapou elected president of New Caledonia’s gover...

Jul 8, 2021

Tahiti celebrates the 55th anniversary of the first nuclear ...

Jul 4, 2021

Independence of New Caledonia: a document with consequences

Jul 2, 2021

New Caledonia : the third referendum to be held on December,...

Jun 3, 2021

Gaston Flosse in favour of the sovereignty of French Polynes...

Jun 3, 2021

More and more weapons in New Caledonia

Jun 1, 2021

New Caledonian politicians to discuss the future in Paris

May 24, 2021

A new High Commissioner in New Caledonia

May 24, 2021

Referendum: what do New Caledonians want?

May 15, 2021

Senator Frogier wants to divide New Caledonia into three ent...

May 6, 2021

Nickel: Vale plant officially sold

Apr 5, 2021

Covid-19: New Caledonia under lockdown

Mar 13, 2021

An agreement has been reached for the sale of the South fact...

Mar 6, 2021

New Caledonia is expecting a very violent cyclone

Mar 6, 2021

The Caledonian government resigns

Feb 2, 2021

New Caledonia: The French State promises strong promises

Jan 14, 2021

The remains of the soldier Tanerii Mauri have arrived in Tah...

Jan 10, 2021

Pro-independence parties’ goals for 2021

Jan 7, 2021

Christmas truce for demonstrators in New Caledonia

Dec 27, 2020

Major clashes in New Caledonia: weapons forbidden

Dec 14, 2020

Large demonstration against blockades in Nouméa

Dec 13, 2020

The nickel plant of Vale evacuated following intrusions

Dec 10, 2020

A plan B for to buy Vale’s plant in New Caledonia

Dec 8, 2020

Nickel: Clashed in downtown Nouméa

Dec 7, 2020

Nickel: The situation is explosive in New Caledonia

Dec 6, 2020

Former President of the Republic Valery Giscard D’Esta...

Dec 4, 2020

French Pacific Islands: New coins to be issued by September ...

Dec 2, 2020

France to order 5 maritime surveillance aircrafts for Tahiti...

Nov 23, 2020

French Polynesia: Gaston Flosse sentenced once again

Nov 20, 2020

Vale’s takeover in New Caledonia: The pro domo support...

Nov 19, 2020

New Caledonia: Independentists threaten the french State

Nov 18, 2020

Mining factory takeover: Demonstrators demanding meeting wit...

Nov 17, 2020

New Caledonia: The shadowy areas of Vale’s nickel plan...

Nov 16, 2020

Nickel: Demonstrators blockaded the port of Nouméa

Nov 13, 2020

New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna strengthen their coopera...

Nov 11, 2020

A recovery plan to boost New Caledonia’s economy

Nov 10, 2020

More than 120 people banned from their home in Maré

Nov 9, 2020

Maré Island: Violence in paradise

Nov 5, 2020

Emmanuel Macron’s minister on mission in New Caledonia

Oct 29, 2020

Vale refuses to sell its plant to the Caledonian company Sof...

Oct 28, 2020

New Caledonia: The non-citizens want the right to vote

Oct 19, 2020

Vanuatu opposition leader calls to ‘convince’ New Caledonia ...

Oct 17, 2020

Trump post-Covid: “I feel so powerful. I’ll kiss...

Oct 13, 2020

French Polynesia president tests positive for Covid-19 retur...

Oct 12, 2020

Serious internal tensions among the loyalist camp in New Cal...

Oct 12, 2020

New Caledonia: Former government president proposes a new so...

Oct 12, 2020

Sonia Backès: “The independentists did not win the bat...

Oct 8, 2020

France’s Overseas minister in New Caledonia for three-...

Oct 6, 2020

Tahiti’s president Edouard Fritch met with the French ...

Oct 5, 2020

Referendum 2020: New Caledonia rejects independence from Fra...

Oct 4, 2020

Independence referendum in New Caledonia: Live update and an...

Oct 4, 2020

Alexei Navalny blames Vladimir Putin for poisoning him

Oct 3, 2020

Trump and first lady Melania tested positive for the coronav...

Oct 2, 2020

Former rebel leader elected president of Bougainville

Oct 2, 2020

Mikaele Kulimoetoke, new Senator of Wallis and Futuna

Oct 1, 2020

President Macron to address nation after second referendum i...

Sep 30, 2020

235 French officials to supervise New Caledonia’s inde...

Sep 20, 2020

Politics

Situation on the fifth day of rioting

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics | 0

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics | 0
New Caledonia in a state of emergency

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics | 0
Riots in New Caledonia. Brotherson offers to mediate

by Ted Wood | May 15, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Politics | 0
Riot: one dead in Noumea

by Ted Wood | May 15, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Politics | 0

Healthcare

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...

Polynesia: Dengue epidemic on the horizon

by Ted Wood | Aug 10, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, Healthcare, New Caledonia
Traditional medicine at university

by Ted Wood | Aug 3, 2023 | Area, Education, Healthcare, New Caledonia, Pacific
Covid returns to Tahiti

by Ted Wood | Apr 3, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia, Healthcare, In Short, Theme
Health insurance: second demonstration in Noumea against the reform

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

Business
Justice
Religion

Riots: Gérald Darmanin accuses Azerbaijan of interference

by Ted Wood | May 17, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics

French Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories Gérald Darmanin accused Azerbaijan of...

The yoghurt war!

by Ted Wood | Apr 12, 2024 | Business, Economy, French Polynesia, Politics
The Nord plant will be out of production for at least six months

by Ted Wood | Feb 13, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia
Aircalin wants to serve Paris

by Ted Wood | Dec 31, 2023 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Travel

The State invests 82 million dollars in a prison

by Ted Wood | Feb 24, 2024 | Area, Justice, New Caledonia, Politics

Noumea’s old prison is in a state of disrepair. The government is going to finance the construction of a new prison. The French government’s Minister of Justice was in prison in Nouméa on Thursday 22 February. Eric...

Sydney: Caledonian gets three-year suspended sentence for airport bomb joke

by Ted Wood | Jun 18, 2023 | Area, Justice, New Caledonia, Pacific, Travel
Doctor accused of murder in court

by Ted Wood | Apr 3, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Justice
Newspaper: New Caledonia’s only daily newspaper goes bankrupt

by Ted Wood | Mar 17, 2023 | Area, Breaking News, Business, Culture, Economy, Justice, New Caledonia

Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

by Ted Wood | Oct 8, 2021 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Religion, Wallis and Futuna

The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church has just released its report. It...

Follow the mass on the Internet!

by Ted Wood | Oct 3, 2021 | Area, New Caledonia, Religion
Tahiti celebrates the 55th anniversary of the first nuclear test

by Ted Wood | Jul 4, 2021 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia, Pacific, Politics, Religion
A mass for the the new rescue center in Wallis

by Thomas Wilson | Dec 9, 2020 | Healthcare, Religion, Wallis and Futuna

Three new radars for Météo France

The French government is to provide 70% of the funding for the renewal of three observation radars. The three new radars cost 13 million Australian dollars. These installations should improve the accuracy of weather forecasts.