New Caledonia

The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia has asked for the territory's government to meet this afternoon in a fresh bid to elect a president.

New Caledonia's Koniambo nickel company says it has serious problems with its furnaces and will therefore produce far less metal this year than scheduled.

A leading New Caledonian politician has urged Paris to review the proposed law which is aimed at defining the electoral roll for the territory's independence referendum due by 2018.

The three anti-independence parties in New Caledonia are strongly opposed to a French law proposal aimed at defining the electoral rolls for those allowed to vote in an independence referendum due by…

The pro-independence Caledonian Union has decided not to choose any of the two rival candidates for president of the territorial Government.

New Caledonia's main pro-independence party has deferred its decision on who it will back as the territory's next president.

The Red Cross in New Caledonia has requested a pause in clothing donations for victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.

The French president says aid to Vanuatu will be stepped up in the coming days to help the country recover from Cyclone Pam.

There is continued acrimony within New Caledonia's anti-independence camp as the territory has entered a fourth month without a president.

New Caledonia's civil defence organisation has issued a cyclone pre-alert.

A New Caledonian pro-independence leader, Roch Wamytan, says his side is now convinced that without involving the United Nations, the electoral rolls won't be in line with the law.

The French prime minister, Manuel Valls, says the government will strictly adhere to the French supreme court ruling on the eligibility of voters in New Caledonia.

Reports from New Caledonia say the special commissions vetting the electoral rolls are poised to reject most requests for names to be struck off.

New Caledonia's three anti-independence parties are incensed at a French court ruling which says those eligible to vote in New Caledonia's provincial elections must have been enrolled since 1998.

A small New Caledonian party has called for a rally in Noumea to protest against the political impasse as there has been no president since late last year.

New Caledonia has delivered five tonnes of school materials to 45 francophone schools around Vanuatu.

New Caledonia's caretaker president, Cynthia Ligeard, has flown to Paris, reportedly to meet government leaders amid a political crisis in Noumea.

A security analyst says New Zealand could run into diplomatic problems with France because of revelations the government is spying on an unprecedented scale in the Pacific.

A former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, says it should be in the interest of New Caledonia's pro-independence parties to stay with France.

Olympiakos strategic advisor Christian Karembeu expressed confidence that UEFA are getting to grips with racism in football after suffering abuse during the recent Greek derby against Panathinaikos.