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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 The Australian military had flown 115 passengers in two flights<\/a> from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and would continue to work with France to repatriate all Australians who want to leave, an Australian government minister said Wednesday.<\/p>\n Australian citizens accounted for 84 of the passengers who were flown in two Royal Australian Airforce C-130 Hercules from the capital Noumea to the Australian east coast city of Brisbane late Tuesday, Pacific Minister Pat Conroy said.<\/p>\n Conroy did not say what nationalities were among the remaining 31 passengers. But he said Australia had reciprocal arrangements with Canada and Japan to help their citizens in crises.<\/p>\n Another more than 200 Australians were registered with Australia\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to leave the South Pacific territory where a 12-day state of emergency has been declared.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve prioritized the elderly, the pregnant and the most vulnerable,\u201d Conroy told Nine Network television.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll continue to work with the French government to make sure we get every<\/p>\n Australian out of New Caledonia who does want to leave,\u201d Conroy added.<\/p>\n Conroy said he had been advised France was planning more flights to Brisbane on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re working very hard to make sure as many Australians as possible are on those flights,\u201d Conroy said.<\/p>\n A second round of 100 New Zealanders were being flown home from New Caledonia via Brisbane on Wednesday after around 100 were flown to the New Zealand city of Auckland on Tuesday night, The New Zealand Herald newspaper reported.<\/p>\n French President<\/a> Emmanuel Macron is expected to land on Thursday on New Caledonia where Indigenous people have long sought independence.<\/p>\n