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This Pacific paradise is ready to welcome Australian travellers back

Australians were the second-biggest market for this idyllic island nation. But after unrest in May last year, all tourism ground to a halt.

  • Julietta Jameson

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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks after stepping off his plane in New Caledonia on Thursday.

Macron’s supreme arrogance to blame for riots in New Caledonia

In the ongoing blame game, it’s hard not to point to Macron himself as the arsonist in chief. He’s the one who set in motion a vote in Paris that triggered the protests in New Caledonia.

  • Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks after stepping off his plane in New Caledonia on Thursday.

Macron lands in New Caledonia amid deadly unrest

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in riot-hit New Caledonia and says that he wants to see peace, calm and security return.

  • Thomas Adamson
Australian and other tourists board an Australian Airforce Hercules as they prepare to depart from Magenta Airport in Noumea, New Caledonia on Tuesday.

Macron heads to riot-hit New Caledonia as Australia, NZ evacuate tourists

Some 108 Australians and other tourists landed in Brisbane, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. More flights are expected.

  • Kirsty Needham and Dominique Vidalon
A Kanak flag waving next to a burning vehicle at a roadblock at La Tamoa, in the commune of Paita in New Caledonia.

French-Australians urged to house stranded New Caledonians

The French embassy in Australia is calling on the “solidarity and generosity” of French expatriates living in Melbourne to billet French people stranded in the city by the conflict in New Caledonia.

  • Madeleine Heffernan and John Leicester
Burnt cars are lined up after unrest that erupted following protests over voting reforms in Noumea, New Caledonia.

Australians stranded in New Caledonia ‘running out of food’ amid civil unrest

Penny Wong said the government was working with authorities in France and New Caledonia, to find a way for Australians to safely leave the island.

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A man stands in front of a burnt car after unrest in Noumea, New Caledonia this week.

Just a two-hour flight from Australia, idyllic New Caledonia implodes

This week, the tropical Pacific holiday destination erupted amid tensions with the French government in Paris over voting rights.

  • Matthew Knott
Demonstrators hold Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) flags during a gathering in Paris.

French officials see Azerbaijan’s foreign interference behind deadly riots in New Caledonia

Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French territories last year, resulting in a group whose stated aim is to support “French liberation and anti-colonialist movements”.

  • Chris Zappone
Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia.

Australians trapped after France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia

Armed forces are protecting New Caledonia’s two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people.

  • Kirsty Needham and Camille Raynaud
Riots broke out in the French territory in the Pacific and a curfew imposed after the controversial reform passed France’s parliament.

Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the federal government was closely monitoring the situation and urged Australians to stay safe.

  • Kirsty Needham, Juliette Jabkhiro and Augustin Turpin

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