New Caledonia

New Caledonia's Congress is expected to meet on March 19th to set the date for the independence referendum.

A 57-year-old man in New Caledonia suspected of shooting and injuring a minor in a stolen car last month has appeared in court.

A Chinese company has secured the contract to dispose of the wreck of the container ship Kea Trader which ran onto a reef off New Caledonia last July.

There have been demonstrations in New Caledonia against a government decision to introduce mandatory vehicle inspections.

The French prime minister Edouard Philippe has called for renewed dialogue in New Caledonia after two politicians quit a 10 member leaders group he had helped create.

A man has been detained in New Caledonia suspected of shooting and injuring a minor in a stolen car in Nakety.

Team Wellington and New Caledonia's Team Magenta meet in a top of the group Champions League football clash today at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara.

The Caledonia Together Party has defended its statement on Facebook which prompted two politicians to quit a 10 member leaders group.

Two members of a small high profile New Caledonian leaders group have resigned.

A fire has destroyed several buildings of a Catholic school in New Caledonia.

A former senior police officer in New Caledonia has been given a three-year jail sentence for assaulting a handcuffed suspect.

Reports from New Caledonia say schools and public services in two northern towns will remain closed this week because of lawlessness.

A leading anti-independence party in New Caledonia has called for the Congress to set the date and formulate the question for this year's independence referendum.

The Congress of New Caledonia has decided to tighten drink drive laws as part of efforts to improve road safety.

A teacher in New Caledonia has been assaulted in class at a vocational school in the territory's north.

There is a fresh strike at French Polynesia's La Depeche de Tahiti newspaper.

Pro-independence politicians in New Caledonia are upset at comments by a visiting former French prime minister Manuel Valls who said he was in favour of the territory remaining French.