New Caledonia

New Caledonia's largest anti-independence party has formally asked France to organise another independence referendum - seven months after just over 56 percent voted for the status quo.

The French High Commission in New Caledonia has approved all 56 names on the four lists vying for government which the Congress will elect tomorrow.

The Caledonia Together party says it won't vote for the presidential candidate of the rival anti-independence Future with Confidence group, thereby threatening a possible government deadlock.

New Caledonia's newly formed Pacific Awakening Party says its strategy for Thursday's election of a new government is unusual after it surprised observers by joining a list led by the…

New Caledonia's public prosecutor in has asked for a jail sentence for a former president Harold Martin in his trial for alleged vote-buying.

Four lists of candidates have been submitted in New Caledonia overnight to contest next Thursday's election of a new 11-member collegial government for a five-year term.

The French Senate has been told that the political situation in New Caledonia has become absurd after last week's election of a pro-independence Congress president, Roch Wamytan.

The anti-independence camp in New Caledonia is afraid that for the first time a mainly pro-independence government could be elected next week.

The former president of New Caledonia's Congress, Gael Yanno, says he is worried a mainly pro-independence government will be elected next week.

Fears of more shark attacks have prompted the closure of several beaches on New Caledonia's west coast.

The trial of the president of New Caledonia's Northern Province has again been deferred.

A fisherman in New Caledonia has been killed in a shark attack, just days after a boy lost his leg in a similar incident.

Judicial authorities in New Caledonia have again rejected a bid for home detention by the territory's top surgeon who is awaiting trial for murder.

The secretary of New Caledonia's chapter of France's right-wing National Rally has resigned just days after the party's success in the European parliamentary election.

The leader of New Caledonia's Pacific Awakening party says tackling the territory's housing problems is its priority.

New Caledonia's anti-independence Future with Confidence coalition has warned of the worst economic crisis in 40 years.