New Caledonia

A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the governments of Vanuatu and New Caledonia effectively paves the way for a second submarine cable instalment from Port Vila to Lifou, in New Caledonia.

America sending high ranked diplomats to Solomon Islands; research shows Palau reef heavily polluted with plastics; Tonga shuts prison ward after suspected second suicide; and New Zealand Navy…

New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), which wants independence from Indonesia.

France's ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu says his country shares the Pacific's ambition for regional integration.

Talks on New Caledonia's future statute are planned to be held in Paris in September, after last December's rejection of independence from France.

A senior surgeon in New Caledonia jailed for 20 years for homicide has failed in his bid to get his appeal court hearing transferred to another jurisdiction.

Record debt for New Caledonia after French loan, Covid-19 numbers spike in French Polynesia, and Tongan deputy PM says US expat's complaints unfounded.

Call in PNG for changes in Electoral Commission operations after chaotic opening to poll; New Caledonia re-introduces measures to control Covid spread; nearly half of Nauru has had covid; New…

Political figures in New Caledonia have had mixed reactions to Sonia Backes being appointed to join the French government.

An electrical floating power-plant is set to leave for New Caledonia from Turkey on July 12.