New Caledonia's first round of the French National Assembly election has seen surprise advances of the pro-independence FLNKS whose two candidates both made it to Sunday's run-off round.
New Caledonia's outgoing member of the French National Assembly has expressed concern about China's position in the Pacific, saying Beijing has already colonised Vanuatu.
The former president of New Caledonia Philippe Gomes has been fined $US17,000 for exerting undue influence in a ruling released by the criminal court in Noumea.