New governance arrangements are being canvassed for New Caledonia, France's Pacific territory which has been mired with violence.
Leaders of four Pacific nations have finished a three-day fact-finding visit to Noumea, eager to assist find a diplomatic solution to the dispute which centres on the country's independence.
Riots and looting broke out in May following reforms that would allow long-term French settlers to vote, which pro-independence groups say will disenfranchise indigenous Kanaks.
