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Violence and riots resume in New Caledonia after eight pro-independence activists were flown to France for pre-trial detention yesterday. Protesters burn police vehicles, block roads, and set fire to the town hall in Koumac.
2024-06-24

New Caledonia police arrest independence leader Christian Tein and seven others on suspicion of being involved in the deadly violence in the territory.
2024-06-19

French president Emmanuel Macron suspends electoral reforms in New Caledonia amid riots in the territory.
2024-06-12

The death toll from the ongoing protests and riots in New Caledonia increases to six.
2024-05-18

Riots erupt in New Caledonia as France plans to change the constitution, allowing more recent white French settlers to vote in the island's provincial elections, which protesters claim would marginalise the Indigenous Kanak people.
2024-05-14

New Caledonia orders a strict lockdown for two weeks beginning at midnight tomorrow following the detection of nine COVID-19 cases among non-quarantined travellers arriving from Wallis and Futuna.
2021-03-7

The President of New Caledonia Thierry Santa self-quarantines after a member of his crisis management team tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-04-4

Severe Tropical Cyclone Donna is upgraded to a Category Four, and continues to damage houses and infrastructure in the north of Vanuatu, particularly in Torba Province.
2017-05-6

A state of emergency is declared and coastal areas are evacuated in the Coromandel Peninsula as Cyclone Cook sweeps across the North Island of New Zealand.
2017-04-13

Dozens of people in Vanuatu are in shelters as Cyclone Cook hits the island. It is due to pass through New Caledonia tomorrow.
2017-04-9