New Caledonia

No matter the outcome of November's referendum on independence from France, ties with New Caledonia will remain friendly, Vanuatu's prime minister says.

Five New Caledonian men have been given additional jail sentences for escaping from the territory's prison three years ago.

Five political parties in New Caledonia have been authorised to campaign in the November referendum on independence from France.

A man in New Caledonia has been given an 18-month jail sentence for setting a fire at the Kouaoua mining site a week ago.

New Caledonia's biggest anti-independence party has hit out at the leaders of other parties who have quit an informal alliance formed a year ago.

A man has been arrested in New Caledonia accused of setting a fire at the Kouaoua mining site a week ago.

The head of France's centrist UDI party has expressed his wish that New Caledonia remains French after the November independence referendum.

A four-metre long snake, weighing 26 kilos, has been killed by hunters In New Caledonia's north.

Disabled people in New Caledonia have taken to the street to demonstrate against repeated burglaries at their organisation's office.

There has been another fire at the Kouaoua mining site in New Caledonia, again believed to be an act of vandalism.

New Caledonia's informal four-party anti-independence coalition has collapsed.

The French High Commission in New Caledonia has unveiled new policing strategies for the territory, in particular for Noumea.

A report in New Caledonia has suggested a complete overhaul of the funding model of the health care system.

The French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has called on New Caledonian leaders to work towards making this year's independence referendum a success.

New unemployment figures for New Caledonia show 15,000 people out of work.

More of New Caledonia's anti-independence politicians have added to their concerns about the decolonisation process leading to the referendum in November.

The appeal court in New Caledonia has lengthened the prison sentences given to three foreigners caught with 600 kilograms of cocaine.

A lawyer in New Caledonia has lodged a complaint against the prosecutor of the court of appeal, accusing him of arbitrarily detaining one of his clients.

A Kanak party wants to enter into a direct dialogue with France to work out the decolonisation process, suggesting New Caledonia become independent, but associated with France.