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Alcide Ponga, President of the Government of New C...

Posted by Ted Wood | Jan 9, 2025 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The end of the tunnel for real estate scams in Thailand?

by Ted Wood | Jan 6, 2025 | Area, Business, French Polynesia, Justice

In Polynesia, 350 families had been swindled by the Thai real estate company New Nordic. They had invested in apartments in Thailand. The company’s boss, Norwegian Kurt Svendheim, fled with billions of Pacific francs...

New Caledonia’s government has fallen

by Ted Wood | Dec 30, 2024 | Area, New Caledonia, Politics

On Christmas Eve, the small loyalist party Calédonie Ensemble brought down the local (and...

The fall of the French government has the Outremers trembling

by Ted Wood | Dec 5, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Wallis and Futuna

French Polynesia, Walis and Futuna and especially New Caledonia are very worried. Just three...

One billion euros for Caledonia!

by Ted Wood | Nov 21, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The President of the Government of New Caledonia, Louis Mapou, is visiting Paris. He met Prime...

France’s second and third highest officials in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Nov 13, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Gerard Larcher, President of the French Senate, and Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the French...

The agreement with Azerbaijan is worthless!

by Ted Wood | Oct 18, 2024 | Area, New Caledonia, Pacific, Politics

This three-ring billiard game between New Caledonia, Azerbaijan and France is coming to an...

A conference on the Celts in the Pacific

by Ted Wood | Oct 18, 2024 | Area, Culture, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific

On October 23 and 24 2024, the University of New Caledonia is organizing a conference on the Celts in the Pacific. It will address the question of the Celtic diaspora in the region. This includes Bretons (eastern France), Irish,...

Air Moana saved in extremis

by Ted Wood | Oct 10, 2024 | Business, Economy, French Polynesia, Pacific

Air Moana was due to cease operations on September 30… The airline Air Moana has announced...

The appalling toll of the riots

by Ted Wood | Oct 9, 2024 | Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The French statistics institute (Isee) has published a new assessment of the riots that devastated...

Nothing happened on September 24

by Ted Wood | Sep 26, 2024 | Area, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

The whole of Caledonia held its breath over the long weekend of September 24. September 24 is the...

China fires a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific, the device

by Ted Wood | Sep 26, 2024 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Politics, Theme, Wallis and Futuna

According to the magazine Air et Cosmos, China fired an unloaded “nuclear missile” from the island of Hainan into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday September 25. The missile landed near French Polynesia, 700 kilometers from Nuku...

    Warren Dexter replaces Tevaiti Pomare as Finance Minister

by Ted Wood | Aug 21, 2024 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Politics

Tevaiti Pomare has been dismissed from the Brotherson government, where he was Minister of the...

Riots: curfew until July 1
The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell wine or champagne-type beverages with an alcohol content not exceeding 18%. Beer sales are still not permitted.