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The French will have to settle for watching from the shore, as the fleet tries to break their official speed record on the Waitematā Harbour. Audio

Gaël Monfils walked off Stanley Street a winner on Saturday, taking home a title that he'll cherish for a long time.

A block resignation means the whole government of New Caledonia is deemed to have resigned, and should now act in a caretaker mode.

Analysis - After the toppling of France's government, the next will also have minority support, and be vulnerable to attack from far-right and left-wing opponents.

The word "Merci" was projected on to the Paris cathedral as it reopened, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860-year-old building close to collapse five years ago.

The new financial buoy would allow those essential services to continue operating, at least for the month of September.

Analysis - In a first in New Caledonia's short Congress history, the new Chair of the local Parliament is now a woman.

The New Caledonia Congress President has doubled down on Kanaks' aspirations to seek self-determination and lambasted France for "demeaning" Pacific leaders' mission.

A Pacific Islands Forum high-level mission was expected to travel to New Caledonia this week to speak to all sides involved in the ongoining violence in the French territory.

In New Caledonia, violent unrest and clashes between the rioters and law enforcement units have killed one more person.

New Caledonia's curfew, which was imposed days after violent unrest broke out on 13 May, has been extended until 19 August, the French High commission said on Friday.

Cyclist Ellesse Andrews has won the women's sprints, while Ally Wollaston claimed bronze in the omnium. Follow RNZ's live updates.

High jumper Hamish Kerr's historic Olympic gold medal comes with controversial prize money.

The three-person Pacific leaders mission to New Caledonia is expected to happen prior to the Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga on 26 August, PIF chair Mark Brown says.

Véronique Roger-Lacan says it is up to Paris to decide whether a high-level mission to New Caledonia will be possible prior to or after the Forum Leaders' Summit in Tonga. Audio

Hu'akavameiliku says the countdown for a response from France is on with Pacific leaders set to meet in Tonga in the last week of this month.

Traditional sporting rivalries have been put aside for the Paris Olympics, with an Englishman and a South African getting the full Kiwi treatment while helping New Zealand golfers.

Telecom installations in several areas of France have been vandalised, French media have reported.

A former New Zealand footballer says he expects "heads to roll" within Canadian footballing ranks - including the women's team's head coach - over the Olympic Games drone scandal.