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 rioting exploded after lawmakers in Paris approved legislation to give more voting rights to New Caledonia’s nonindigenous population, diluting the influence of the native Kanak people.

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

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

Three Pacific Islands leaders visited New Caledonia to understand the causes of recent deadly riots. The riots, fueled by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.