New Caledonia

NOUMEA, New Caledonia --- New Caledonia’s huge Koniambo nickel plant has been fired up to produce its first metal.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia --- New Caledonia President Harold Martin, who has just returned from France, met this week with the Pacific Plan Review team to share his views on Pacific regionalism.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia --- The government of New Caledonia said Wednesday it had decided to ban fishing of sharks, which are being decimated to feed growing demand for luxury goods.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia -- New Caledonia’s SLN mining company says a complaint has been lodged with police after its mining site in Thio was vandalised on Sunday.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia ---- Fisheries are very important for the Pacific region. Not only are they one of the most important sources of income for many countries in the region, they are also central to food security in the region.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia ---- Early figures for the 2012 show the Pacific tuna catch is likely to be bigger than ever before.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia-----A paper published in Nature Climate Change today (Monday 11 March) explores the challenges Pacific nations face to maintain the benefits of their fish resources as the climate changes.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia ---From 08 to 12 March, representatives of the French Pacific territories met to discuss one of the most significant natural hazards for their territories, i.e. the tsunami risk.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia ---- A minor explosion has occurred at New Caledonia’s new Koniambo nickel plant as the first quantity of nickel was being produced.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia ---The South Pacific Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) commits to partnership with Pacific Disability Forum.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia --- Controversial super yacht, The Phocea, has returned to New Caledonia just two days after setting sail for Thailand, following a reported problem with its main generator.

SUVA, Fiji ---- The manager of the Pacific Heritage Hub has called on the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) countries Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the Kanaks of New Caledonia to involve young Melanesians in promoting their culture and heritage.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia --- At its annual meeting last week, the spokesperson for the Front de Libération Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS), Victor Tututgoro was unanimously elected to be the next chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) from June this year to 2015.

NOUMEA, New Caledonia --- New Caledonia’s huge Koniambo nickel plant has been fired up to produce its first metal.

As Noumea prepares to host the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in June, there are new divisions in New Caledonia’s leading anti-independence party and debates over voting rights for next year’s crucial Congressional elections.

As a young teacher, Kanak poet and author Dewe Gorode encouraged her students to use their local language as well as French.

The 8th Pacific Heads of Fisheries Meeting is taking place March 4-8 in New Caledonia. The meeting, convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), brings together heads of fisheries departments from Pacific Islands countries and territories (PICTs) to discuss not only the work of SPC’s Fisheries, Aquaculture and ...

New Caledonia’s nickel industry is being transformed as new joint ventures and exports to Asia challenge France’s control of the strategic minerals sector.

New Caledonia’s next Congressional elections will not be held until May 2014, but it seems like the electoral campaign has already begun.

In August 2012, for the purposes of diversifying coastal fishery activities, the SPC Nearshore Fisheries Development Section, in conjunction with the New Caledonia Merchant Navy and Sea Fishery Department (SMMPM) and the ZoNéCo Programme, using funding from the French Development Agency (AFD), carried out a deep-sea fishing trip in waters ...

“Athletes will be King” those are the words of Pacific Games Council President Vidhya Lakhan of Fiji as we countdown to the 14th Pacific Games to be held in Noumea, New Caledonia, from August 27-September 10, 2011.