Tensions are high in New Caledonia as the remote Pacific island nation’s Indigenous people are pushing for independence.

The National Council of Chiefs of the Indigenous Kanak people rejected allegations that ... met with Macron during his whirlwind trip to New Caledonia last month to calm the unrest.

Reverend Billy Wetewea told RNZ Pacific on the sidelines of Te Hui Oranga o te Moana nui a Kiwa, a conference in Auckland ...

The Pacific Forum mission went ahead with permission from the far-right Macron government, amid talks over the French ...

(Reuters) - Three Pacific Islands leaders on a fact-finding visit to New Caledonia heard divided views on the cause of deadly ...

New Caledonia’s economy is in ruins with hundreds of businesses ... Santos Pais questioned France’s commitment to the UN ...

New Caledonia marked the anniversary on Tuesday of France’s takeover of the Pacific archipelago with tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people ...

The Pacific Islands Forum said in a statement on Wednesday that the delegation, including Tonga Prime Minister Siaosi ...

France still has thousands of police deployed in New Caledonia to maintain peace after violence broke out in May over Paris' plan for voting reforms that Indigenous Kanak people fear would leave ...

New Caledonia’s contentious constitutional reform, which triggered violent unrest after a vote in the French National Assembly in May, will not now go ahead according to French Prime Minister ...

Three Pacific Islands leaders on a fact-finding visit to New Caledonia heard ... brighter future for New Caledonia," the Pacific Islands Forum statement said. Thirteen people were killed, almost ...

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Three Pacific Islands leaders on a fact-finding visit to New Caledonia ... New Caledonia," a statement on the Pacific Islands Forum Facebook account said. Thirteen people ...