New Caledonia

France's ruling En Marche party has come first in the European parliamentary elections in French Polynesia and in Wallis and Futuna.

The leader of New Caledonia's Pacific Awakening party says there is a need to build a society that reflects its population beyond the division into pro- and anti-independence sides.

A 10-year-old boy in New Caledonia has been severely injured in a shark attack.

The pro-independence politician Roch Wamytan has been elected as the president of New Caledonia's Congress.

A 73-year-old woman has been jailed in New Caledonia as investigations continue into a huge ponzi scheme.

There has been a rift within Caledonia's Together party over last week's election of the president of the southern province.

An eight-year-old girl in New Caledonia has died of dengue.

The French anti-corruption watchdog Anticor says New Caledonia's main parties went beyond the spending cap of $US200,000 for provincial elections.

New Caledonia's three provincial assemblies have elected their provinces' presidents for a five-year term following last Sunday's elections.

There is dissent within New Caledonia's anti-independence camp as the newly elected provincial assemblies meet for the first time.

NIWA freshwater ecologists hope sophisticated satellite tags will solve the msytery of where New Zealand's longfin eels go to breed in the Pacific.

Investigators in New Caledonia have questioned several people close to the leader of the Caledonia Together party, Philippe Gomes, as part of a probe into alleged phantom jobs.

The anti-corruption watchdog Anticor has called for last Sunday's provincial elections in New Caledonia to be annulled.

A party formed in New Caledonia just two months ago has become the potential kingmaker after the weekend election of a new Congress. Audio

The leader of New Caledonia's biggest anti-independence political bloc Sonia Backes says she aims to become the president of the southern province.

Preliminary results from New Caledonia's provincial elections suggest that the anti-independence parties will retain their slim majority in the 54-member Congress. Audio