Tag: Noumea
Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, correspondent French Pacific desk
Pro-independence militants and protesters clashed with police in downtown Nouméa this week as New Caledonia hosts three French...
FLNKS mayor wins run-off poll to take unprecedented French Senate seat
By Nic Maclellan
In a major electoral upset, Kanak independence politician Robert Xowie has won one of Kanaky New Caledonia’s two seats in the French...
Macron to ditch Noumea Accord for self-determination and introduce new statute...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific contributing journalist
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will forge ahead with processing a new statute for New Caledonia, replacing...
NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
The Consul-General of New Zealand for the French Pacific territories, Felicity Roxburgh, says New Zealand's presence in New Caledonia is historical.
She said she...
Rival New Caledonian sides left in run for French National Assembly...
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's first round of the French National Assembly election has seen surprise advances of the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front...
French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
As the French Pacific is gearing up for Sunday's first round of the French presidential election, incumbent President Emmanuel...
France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia after covid-19 was detected in the community, RNZ Pacific reports.
The state of...
New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia has detected three cases of Covid-19 in the community and ordered a two-week lockdown from midday today.
The three cases are not...