Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
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

5. University of New Caledonia, referendum broadcast headquarters for the new "people's" Caledonia TV. Image: David Robier/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

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

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

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