Events from 2025 in New Caledonia.
Incumbents
President of the Government: Louis Mapou (until 9 January); Alcide Ponga (since 9 January) Vice President of the Government: Isabelle Champmoreau (until 16 January) vacant thereafter President of Congress: Veylma Falaeo High Commissioner: Louis Le Franc (until 3 January); Jacques Billant (starting 3 January)
Events
January January 4 – The 2025 Open Nouvelle-Calédononie tennis tournament concludes in Nouméa, with Shintaro Mochizuki winning the singles title. January 9 – Alcide Ponga, the leader of Le Rassemblement-Les Républicains, is elected President of the Government.
February February 13 – A false bomb warning is sent to Nouméa Magenta Airport, forcing a temporary suspension of operations. June
24 June – President Emmanual Macron invites New Caledonian leaders of both pro-independence and pro-France factions to Paris to determine the territory's future governance and institutional status.
July 12 July – Representives of the French government and New Caledonian political parties sign the Bougival Accord, an agreement outlining a new political status for the territory. The accord proposes the creation of a "State of New Caledonia" within the French Republic and the establishment of a Caledonian nationality alongside French nationality. The proposal must be approved by the French Parliament and then submitted to a referendum in New Caledonia scheduled for 2026. August
13 August – The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front voted to reject the Bougival agreement on the basis that an independence referendum prior to France's 2027 presidential election was absent from the deal.
Holidays
1 January - New Year's Day 21 April – Easter Monday 1 May – Labour Day 8 May – Victory Day 29 May – Ascension Day 9 June – Whit Monday 14 July – Bastille Day 15 August – Assumption Day 24 September – French Treaty Day 1 November – All Saints' Day 11 November – Armistice Day 25 December – Christmas Day 31 December – New Year's Eve
References
External links Online calendar