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New Caledonia requests Australian aid for riot rebuild
Port Macquarie News
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August 16, 2024
Smaller atoll islands were heavily impacted by the effects of climate change and assistance was needed for larger islands where there was agricultural land and a population concentrated along the coast, he said.
Does English have any South Pacific words?
The National
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LANGUAGE In these monthly discussions we answer one question about language in PNG and beyond. This month we are asking ourselves if English has adopted any words from South Pacifc languages? NOWADAYS you will probably find it difficult to speak...
14 Pacific Island countries receive a major grant to manage one third of the world’s tuna in the face of the climate crisis
Pacific Community (SPC)
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Fololina Avia, received an ADB funded small business grant to expand her "Lady Edwina" fishing company and stall at the Apia fish market. Copyright Asian Development Bank/ Flickr Creative Commons The programme, with a total value of US$156.8 M –...
New heritage body will use AI tools to help protect key sites from war and environmental crises
The Art Newspaper
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February 12, 2025
The cultural heritage sector will soon have new artificial intelligence-powered tools to improve planning for the protection of sites from the effects of natural disasters, acts of war and environmental crises, thanks to a new Paris-based...
New Caledonia’s mothballed nickel plant starts mass sackings process
RNZ
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July 29, 2024
New Caledonia's Koniambo (KNS) mining site aerial view. Photo: KNS New Caledonia's mothballed nickel plant in Koniambo (North of the main island) has announced it has engaged in the mass sackings of some 1200 staff, despite efforts to identify a...
New Caledonia's ENERCAL gets financial buoy from France to avoid bankruptcy
RNZ
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July 30, 2024
Enercal worker on power line maintenance job. Photo: ENERCAL New Caledonia's electricity provider, ENERCAL, has received emergency financial assistance from France to avoid bankruptcy. The emergency assistance comes in the form of a "refundable...
Indigenous voices highlight decolonisation concerns in New Caledonia
Te Ao Maori News
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Kanaks and Maōri see many parallels between their peoples. Kanaks and Māori as colonised peoples - breaches of the Nouméa Accord and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the spiritual connection to land and desire to protect lands exploited for resources, the...
Plastic pollution could put 2.3 million Pacific Islanders’ livelihoods at stake
Pacific News Service
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By Sanjeshni Kumar In seven to eight years, the Pacific will no longer be able to rely on the ocean for food security or as a source of livelihood as it does today because of plastic pollution. Experts say that by 2030, up to 53 million metric...
New Caledonia: Two Dreams, One Political Future
The Diplomat
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July 21, 2024
NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA — Noumea’s international airport as deserted on my arrival in early July. It was the calm after the storm. In mid-May, unrest had erupted across the islands of New Caledonia. Pro-independence activists had protested in rage...
Vanuatu PM calls for Climate Justice, backs New Caledonia and West Papua self-determination at UNGA
Pacific News Service
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas delivered a hard-hitting address to the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York Friday, slamming global inaction on climate change, international financial reform, and decolonisation. In...
Paris shifts gears on New Caledonia, after months of conflict
Islands Business
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October 3, 2024
The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) leaders are worried about China’s recent missile test after a dummy warhead landed in the Pacific Ocean last week. The launch was part of routine training by the People’s Liberation Army’s Rocket...
New Caledonia in limbo amid French political stalemate
Pacific Media Network
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It’s been a week since France went to the polls in a snap election and there’s still no clear winner or Prime Minister in sight, but an academic says this could be a good thing for New Caledonia. The French National Assembly has 577 seats, but...
Barnier government must make New Caledonia one of its priorities
Le Monde
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Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government, which was announced on Saturday, September 21, faces countless challenges. But one of them, New Caledonia, is a matter of absolute urgency. Not only because the security and economic situation in the...
New Caledonia advance to semi-finals after tight win over Samoa
FBC News
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[Source: OFC Media via Phototek] New Caledonia have qualified for the semi-finals of the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 following a pulsating back-and-forth encounter with hosts Samoa in Apia. Knowing only a win would be enough to see them...
Aussies booked for an eight night cruise New Caledonia won't leave Australian waters
Daily Mail
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September 26, 2024
Cruise passengers are furious after finding out their South Pacific island getaway now won't leave Australian waters. Six disappointed travellers spoke out about Choose Your Cruise, a family-owned business based in South Australia ahead of the...
Boosted security forces as symbolic date looms in New Caledonia
RNZ
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September 17, 2024
The objective of the national Gendarmerie is to be present on the roads, control the flow of vehicles, fight against insecurity, the French High Commission in New Caledonia said. Photo: X / @HC98800 Fears of potential unrest on New Caledonia's...
In New Caledonia, Australia urges Pacific island unity amid China, U.S competition
Pacific News Service
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Australia’s foreign minister urged Pacific island countries on Thursday to stay united in the face of great power competition as she visited New Caledonia, where the president raised concerns about Australia’s AUKUS nuclear submarine programme....
Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be the wrecking ball
CNN
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November 15, 2024
CNN — From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in Baku. What they didn’t foresee was the demolition job Azerbaijan’s own leader would do from the inside. In what should...
Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be
The California Courier
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November 18, 2024
Angela Dewan From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in Baku. What they didn’t foresee was the demolition job Azerbaijan’s own leader would do from the inside. In what...
Fractures in New Caledonia’s Independence Movement Widen, Uncertainty Reigns
The Diplomat
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September 6, 2024
In a stunning display of brinkmanship, Daniel Goa, the president of the Union Calédonienne (UC), made a provocative statement in a recent speech. “France has deceived us so thoroughly that our sovereignty must be immediate, full, and...