New Caledonia

Samoa's first chocolate producer using original Samoan cocoa is back in business after 13 years.

Police in New Caledonia have reopened a road south of Noumea after it was blocked for just over a day.

All Whites captain Chris Wood expects New Caledonia to go to another level when they play in front of their home fans in Koné tonight.

A police attempt to try and break through a road block set up on the main road south of New Caledonia's capital, Noumea, has been halted. Audio

One of New Caledonia's main pro-independence parties has decided to boycott next year's French legislative elections.

A resident of New Caledonia's south says residents are getting sick of road blocks formed by clashes between police and armed Kanak men.

New Caledonian firefighters have abandoned work on a bushfire after being shot at north of Noumea.

Police in New Caledonia have closed the main road south of Noumea because of gunfire and attempts to intimidate drivers.

The price of New Caledonia's main export commodity, nickel, has gone up by four percent in an apparent response to the US election outcome.

New Caledonia's pro-independence parties have warned against using repressive measures to counter youth delinquency, saying they won't resolve anything in the long run.

New Caledonia's pro-independence parties have called on the French state to help the northern province with its Koniambo nickel plant.

The French government has decided to offer the Vale nickel plant in New Caledonia a $US220 million loan for ten years to prop up its production.

The French overseas minister will bring her New Caledonia trip planned for February forward to this year in light of concern over crime.

New Caledonian leaders and the French prime minister Manuel Valls have agreed to put in a maximum effort to make the territory's independence referendum incontestable.

New Caledonia's politicians have welcomed a French government commitment to help address youth crime in the territory.

New Caledonia's political leaders are due to meet the French prime minister Manuel Valls in Paris today to review the exit from the 1998 Noumea Accord.

A French presidential hopeful says he would propose compulsory military service in New Caledonia among measures aimed to curb crime in the territory.

The French interior minister has condemned last weekend's unrest in New Caledonia in which five policemen suffered injuries from gunfire.