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Tourism professionals based in the Pacific region gathered in Nouméa recently in a bid to re-launch destination New Caledonia and rebuild tourism following the deadly May riots of 2024.

The seizure resulted from regional intelligence information being shared, including Australian law enforcement authorities.

The troubled road linking Nouméa to the south of the main island was fully closed to traffic in July 2024 after tensions and violence in Saint Louis peaked.

A round-up of news in brief from French Pacific territories, including New Caledonia's Congress to meet in the new year to elect a new government.

The clashes, involving firearms, teargas and stone-throwing, went on for most of Tuesday.

Tomorrow's independence referendum in New Caledonia is undemocratic and a betrayal of the French State's word to the Kanak people, and it won't have my vote writes Marylou Mahe.