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About 100 journalists covered the historic New Caledonian independence referendum last weekend, with media from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the Pacific, as well as France and Tahiti, sending crews.

A spokesperson for the French High Commission said 100 journalists had been accredited for the referendum – 40 of them foreign journalists.

Local journalists also filed reports for Radio Canada and RTBF (Belgium).

Featured in these images are some of the news teams at work, including SBS World News reporter Stefan Armbruster and SBS executive producer Christophe Mallet who presented some of the best reporting on the event.

Photos by David Robie

Media and the vote
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1. SBS journalist Stefan Armbruster frames a colourful Kanak flag shot on referendum day. Image: David Robie/PMC
2. The France TV - representing six channels - outside broadcast vehicle set up at the French High Commission in Noumea. Image: David Robie/PMC
3. Premiere TV, the local offshoot of the French public broadcaster. Image: David Robie/PMC
4. Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, the territory's only daily newspaper. Image: David Robie/PMC
5. University of New Caledonia, referendum broadcast headquarters for the new "people's" Caledonia TV. Image: David Robier/PMC
6. Caledonia TV presenter Elise Washeline. Image: David Robie/PMC
7. Graphics team for Caledonia TV. The referendum set screen is in the background. Image: David Robie/PMC
8. Caledonia TV reporter Duke Menango. Part of his journalism training was in New Zealand. Image: David Robie/PMC
9. Police do an ID check for Caledonia TV's Margot Bantegny at the High Commission. Image: David Robie/PMC
10. SBS World News reporter Stefan Armbruster sets up his camera at the Nouméa Hôtel de Ville on referendum day. Image: David Robie/PMC
11. Stefan Armbruster (left) and Christophe Mallet interview the first person to vote at Nouméa's Hôtel de Ville. Image: David Robie/PMC
12. SBS live cross from Nouméa to Australia in the Hôtel de Ville polling station with Christophe Mallet (camera) and Stefan Armbruster. Image: David Robie/PMC
13. Stefan Armbruster and Christophe Mallet (with microphone) check their messages. Image: David Robie/PMC
14. Pro-independence Radio Djiido chief editor Romain Hmeun at the Noumea Hôtel de Ville polling centre. Image: David Robie/PMC
15. Brandy Tevero (left) and chief editor Mike Leyral of Tahiti Nui TV. Image: David Robie/PMC
16. Christophe Mallet interviews Boris Ajapuhnya for SBS French radio. Image: David Robie/PMC
17. The Kiwi contingent - PMC's director David Robie (left) and Walter Zweifel of Radio NZ Pacific.
18. Stefan Armbruster and Christophe Mallet sitting on the steps of an outbuilding at the French High Commission editing a package for SBS TV News. Image: David Robie/PMC
19. Editing the SBS TV News package. Image: David Robie/PMC
20. FLNKS official Victor Tutugoro talks to media outside the FLNKS headquarters. Image: David Robie/PMC
21. Bag security check for journalists at the French High Commission filmed by a Tokyo TV cameraman. Image: David Robie/PMC.
22. High Commission security guard does a sound check with a RNZ Pacific microphone. Image: David Robie/PMC
23. Escorted up the "back door" driveway to the French High Commission. Gendarmes and Imagesecurity on alert in the gardens. David Robie/PMC
24. Ready to roll ... recorders and live feeds about to screen the formal announcement of referendum results. Image: David Robie/PMC
25. Referendum Control Commission president Francis Lamy announcing the results. Image: David Robie/PMC
26. Francis Lamy talks to the press after the formal announcement. Image: David Robie/PMC
27. Waiting for French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe at the French High Commission. Image: David Robie/PMC
28. Still waiting ... for the French PM, arriving from Vietnam for just a day. Image: David Robie/PMC
29. French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe addresses New Caledonians on national TV. Image: David Robie/PMC
30. PMC's David Robie at Tontouta airport on the way back to New Zealand. Image: David Robie/PMC
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