A three-day fact-finding mission, headed by three Pacific leaders, has wrapped up in Nouméa.

The French territory is grappling with the aftermath of rioting and violence which left 13 dead and the destruction of dozens of businesses.

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders' troika, along with Fiji's prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka, touched down in New Caledonia on Sunday.

The Fijian prime minister says he will take a back seat in the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum fact-finding mission to New Caledonia.

A high-level Pacific Islands Forum mission to New Caledonia scheduled to begin on Sunday is described as "strictly observational".

A high-level Pacific Islands Forum mission to New Caledonia scheduled to begin on Sunday is described as "strictly observational".

UN Human Rights Committee challenges France on security operations and its attitude to decolonisation.

UN Human Rights Committee challenges France on security operations and its attitude to decolonisation.

The three-day visit to from Pacific leaders seems to have triggered a new sense of awareness locally about the values of Pacific regional mechanisms...

Islands Business journalist Nic Maclellan is back in Noumea for the first time since the rioting began on 13 May. "There's a long way to go before the...