The small covered market just off the main road through town is where the tribal communities from up and down the coast bring their produce two or three mornings a week. It is nothing fancy — a single hall, a few tables — but it is the easiest place to see how the Kanak villages of the east coast actually live.
Expect bunches of taro, yam, breadfruit, papaya, fresh fish from the lagoon, and sometimes prepared bougna (the traditional parcels of meat and root vegetables cooked in banana leaves over hot stones). Saturday morning is the busiest. The market closes by mid-day, so come early.