New Caledonia

New Caledonia's largest anti-independence party has celebrated its 10th anniversary.

The pro-independence Caledonian Union says it will discuss the territory's sovereignty directly with the French state, if referendum fails.

Police in New Caledonia have broken up a blockade of the nickel mine at Tiebaghi.

The French High Commission in New Caledonia has banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in shops for the first weekend of November.

Another opinion poll suggests that an overwhelming majority in New Caledonia will next month reject independence from France.

A second large nickel mine in New Caledonia has been blockaded, with protesters wanting to cancel the independence referendum.

France's former prime minister Manuel Valls has expressed optimism about the future of New Caledonia as it nears a referendum on independence.

The president of New Caledonia's Congress has removed the Kanak flag from the reception area of the presidency.

There has been a spate of vandalism in Kouaoua on New Caledonia's east coast, prompting several services to close.

Another town in New Caledonia has shut down its school lunch service after many children got sick.

A protest rally by firefighters in New Caledonia has secured them a promise that they will be integrated into the civil protection service.

The school lunch provider in New Caledonia's capital area has been closed for disinfection after a series of food-related illnesses.

The head of the French parliamentary mission to New Caledonia is to quit his post just weeks out from the independence referendum.

New Caledonia's firefighters are set to go on strike today.

The city of Noumea in New Caledonia has decided to stop the lunch service at its 52 schools after yet another case of food making children sick.

People across New Caledonia have marked the 165th anniversary of France taking possession of the islands.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement is accused of including Kanak children in its number of prospective voters in the November referendum on independence from France.

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement says a majority of voters on the roll for the November referendum on full sovereignty are indigenous Kanaks.