Patrick Decloitre

Some of the pro-France parties have acknowledged that even though the new document was signed, the road ahead remained rocky.

The new agreement still has to go through the French parliament and a referendum vote in New Caledonia.

Emmanuel Macron said France wishes to continue to advance on stabilising New Caledonia's institutions, without any forceful passage, but also without any paralysis.

The FLNKS said earlier this week it would not travel to Paris for the roundtable.

In mid-December Emmanual Macron invited New Caledonia's politicians back to the negotiating table in Paris.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called New Caledonia's politicians back to the negotiating table in Paris in the New Year.

An administrative tribunal has delivered a landmark ruling finding the French State responsible for not providing a "reasonable level of security" during last year's civil unrest.

French Polynesia and New Caledonia have secured a double victory at the weekend with the two top seats in the 2026 Miss France pageant.

Christian Téin arrived back in New Caledonia on Thursday, after spending one and a half year in mainland France, following his arrest in June 2024.

The drugs were found in 27 individually-wrapped plastic bricks in containers aboard a cargo vessel believed to be bound for Australia or New Zealand, local authorities say.

More landslides have occurred in the disaster-stricken township of Afaahiti, in French Polynesia, where eight people died following a major landslide.

The major landslide left no survivors in the small township of Afaahiti-Taravao, southeast of main island of Tahiti, on 26 November, with a three-year-old girl the youngest victim.

The final toll comes after one day and one night of searching for potential survivors in the town of Afaahiti-Taravao, southeast of Tahiti.

Rescue teams in French Polynesia have recovered four bodies from the rubble of a major landslide on French Polynesia's main island of Tahiti.

Authorities say the search and rescue operation could last up to two days following a landslide that struck several houses in the small town of Afaahiti-Taravao.

Another founding member of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front has formally split from the indigenous pro-independence movement.

Naïma Moutchou's visit also coincided with another formal announcement from one major "moderate" component of the pro-independence movement to officialise an already existing split with the FLNKS.

France's Minister for Overseas' first visit to New Caledonia is marked by marathon political talks and growing concerns about the French Pacific territory's deteriorating economic situation.

The French Constitutional Council said on Thursday this should be the last time those elections are delayed.

French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou has now rescheduled her first visit to New Caledonia, which was postponed last week due to urgent budget talks in Paris.

France's newly appointed Minister for Overseas has postponed her first visit to New Caledonia amid urgent budget talks in Paris

The French territory's tourism industry is hopeful for a rebound as the New Zealand national carrier resumed its flights over the weekend.

It comes as newly appointed Overseas Minister Naïma Moutchou prepares to visit the French Pacific territory for more talks on its political future.

French national politics have once again cast a shadow on New Caledonia's issues even though the French Pacific territory is facing a pressing schedule.

A Paris appeal court has confirmed that pro-independence leader Christian Téin's is now cleared to return to New Caledonia.