New Caledonia
New Caledonia FLNKS member meets UN decolonisation committee
Monday 20 June 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
A New Caledonian delegate has told the UN decolonisation committee that last year's referendum on independence from France has led the territory into a political and institutional impasse.
French Senate explores new statute for New Caledonia
Tuesday 14 June 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
Work has begun in Paris towards a new statute for New Caledonia after three referendums on independence from France failed to give the Kanak people its expected emancipation.
Both rival New Caledonia sides left in run for French National Assembly seats
Monday 13 June 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonia's first round of the French National Assembly election has seen surprise advances of the pro-independence FLNKS whose two candidates both made it to Sunday's run-off round.
Voting rights vex debate on New Caledonia's future status
Tuesday 7 June 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonia's restricted electoral rolls can no longer be justified and must be opened, says a local member of the French National Assembly, Philippe Dunoyer.
Marcon writes to New Caledonia's president according to local media
Monday 30 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
Top-level contact is reported to have resumed between the New Caledonian president Louis Mapou and the re-elected French president Emmanuel Macron.
France warned against 'recolonising' New Caledonia
Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
The Kanak people won't accept France's attempt to recolonise New Caledonia.
Ex-president of New Caledonia fined for undue influence
Monday 16 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
The former president of New Caledonia Philippe Gomes has been fined $US17,000 for exerting undue influence in a ruling released by the criminal court in Noumea.
New Caledonia's green nickel plan to stand out in global market
Wednesday 11 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonia is looking to turn to more environmentally-friendly nickel production as countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines are able to manufacture the metal at much lower costs.
Pro-Macron parties in New Caledonia plan merger
Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
Four pro-Macron parties in New Caledonia have joined forces to plan a merger.
FLNKS insists on New Caledonia sovereignty
Monday 9 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory's accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France.
Underwater cables to improve internet in New Caledonia
Thursday 28 April 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonian telecommunications company OPT-NC has almost finished connecting key underwater internet cables. These will give New Caledonia and its eastern islands faster internet.
New Caledonia's Palika party wants people to vote left in Sunday's first French election
Friday 8 April 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
A pro-independence party in New Caledonia, Palika, is urging people to vote for any left politician in the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday.
Cyclone Fili continuing to impact New Caleldonia
Wednesday 6 April 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
The latest report from Fiji's Meteorological Service says Cyclone Fili remains a category two cyclone close to New Caledonia, moving south-east at about six knots.
Cyclone forms northwest of New Caledonia
Tuesday 5 April 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
Fiji's Meteorological Service says the tropical storm to the northwest of New Caledonia has developed into a tropical cyclone.
Tsunami warning lifted after big quake near New Caledonia
Thursday 31 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
A tsunami warning issued for Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu after an earthquake struck south-east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands yesterday has been lifted.
Domestic violence in New Caledonia seven times higher than France
Tuesday 22 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
Crime figures released for New Caledonia show that last year the incidence of domestic violence was seven times higher than in mainland France.
Search resumes in New Caledonia for two after dam discharge
Wednesday 16 February 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
A search will resume in New Caledonia today (Wednesday) for the bodies of two people, carried away in a controlled release of water from a dam near Yate on Saturday.
Covid-19: Health emergency declared in New Caledonia
Thursday 3 February 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia because of the sharp resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sharp rise in Covid-19 infections in New Caledonia
Wednesday 2 February 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonia's Covid-19 outbreak is again spreading apace, with 1,515 new infections recorded in the past 24 hours.
Omicron advances in New Caledonia
Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional
New Caledonia's health authorities say half of Covid-19 infections are now of the Omicron variant, which was detected for the first time in the middle of last week.
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