Tag: New Caledonia
New Caledonia’s Backès resigns from French govt after losing Senate vote
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
A prominent pro-France leader in New Caledonia, Sonia Backès, has resigned from the French government after a...
Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy...
USTKE fights for Kanak rights in defiance of ‘dishonest’ referendum
As New Caledonia’s November 4 referendum on independence approaches, both pro and anti-independence groups are ramping up their campaigns. But, as Michael Andrew reports,...
New Caledonian independence ‘in their hearts’, but also a ‘scary’ future
Kanaks and long-time New Caledonian settlers get to vote on their future on November 4. But, as Michael Andrew of Asia Pacific Journalism points...
Vanuatu PM Salwai seeks UN probe on West Papua human rights...
UN video sourced from the West Papua Liberation Organisation.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas has expressed his country’s concern about the...
Cyclone Donna leaves northern Vanuatu, heads for New Caledonia
Cyclone Donna has left destruction in its wake in Vanuatu's north and is now tracking towards New Caledonia.
Authorities have issued a level one alert...
