A billion-dollar bet on nickel mining gave many New Caledonians hopes of economic prosperity and political independence. But after the market turned, the mine has left behind a ghost town full of ...

Opponents say expanding voter lists that have not been updated since 1998 would benefit pro-France politicians in New Caledonia and further marginalize the Indigenous Kanak people, who once ...

There is anger over changes to voting rules that has put the spotlight again on the push for independence from the territory's Indigenous Kanak people - 40 per cent of the population. France's ...

The protests were sparked by anger among Indigenous Kanak people, who make up 40 per cent of New Caledonia's population, over a constitutional reform approved in Paris. Local leaders fear the ...

The changes would enable more migrants in the territory to vote, which independence supporters fear will dilute the vote of the indigenous Kanak and ... voting rights to people who have been ...