Australia, New Zealand to begin evacuating nationals from violence-wracked New Caledonia

A RNZAF Hercules C-130 takes off from Whenuapai airbase near Auckland, New Zealand, bound for Noumea, New Caledonia, on a mission to rescue stranded New Zealand tourists, May 21, 2024.

Australia and New Zealand are sending planes to New Caledonia to evacuate their citizens from the French Pacific territory that has been plagued by deadly violence for a week.