Monthly Archives: May 2024
Kiwis trapped in Nouméa: Air NZ won’t fly from New Caledonia for days
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's Tontouta International Airport remains closed, and Air New Zealand's next scheduled flight is on Saturday -- although it is not ruling...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Young people will ‘never give up’ – journalist
RNZ Pacific
Young people on the streets in New Caledonia are saying they will "never give up" pushing back against France's hold on the Pacific...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: NZ student in Nouméa taught to use fire extinguishers
RNZ News
A New Zealander studying at the University of New Caledonia says students have been taught to use fire extinguishers as firefighters are unlikely...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for end
NC La Première television reports on the clearing of barricades after a week of protests and rioting in the capital Nouméa. Video: NC 1ère...
Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest
Asia Pacific Report
Pacific civil society and solidarity groups today stepped up their pressure on the French government, accusing it of a "heavy-handed" crackdown on...
Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the racism genie out...
SPECIAL REPORT: Islands Business in Suva
Today is the 24th anniversary of renegade and failed businessman George Speight's coup in 2000 Fiji. The elected coalition...
Kanaky New Caledonia: Amnesty calls on France to ‘uphold rights’ of indigenous people
Asia Pacific Report
The global human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on France to not "misuse" a crackdown in the ongoing unrest in the...
New Caledonia riots: Tear gas, stun grenades used as protesters swarm airport runway
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
Police have used tear gas and stun grenades on rioters at an...
Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific political activists across Oceania, just...
Tourists trapped by New Caledonia unrest feel ‘abandoned’ by NZ
By Lauren Crimp , RNZ News reporter
New Zealanders stuck among riots and civil unrest in New Caledonia's capital say they feel abandoned by their...
New Caledonia’s Nouméa airport closed until Tuesday, says Air New Zealand
RNZ News
Air New Zealand has confirmed Nouméa's Tontouta International airport in New Caledonia is closed until Tuesday.
The airline earlier told RNZ it would update...
Vanuatu, MSG chief reaffirms support for FLNKS, blames France over unrest
Asia Pacific Report
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai -- who is also Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group -- has reaffirmed MSG’s support of the...
Home detention for New Caledonia’s unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The suspected ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have...
Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the deadly riots are...
ANALYSIS: By Nicole George, The University of Queensland
New Caledonia’s capital city, Nouméa, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past three days. This crisis...
Open letter challenges Zionist advert missing Gaza ‘injustices’ in Herald
Asia Pacific Report
An open letter to The New Zealand Herald has challenged a full page Zionist advertisement this week for failing to acknowledge the...
NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in New Caledonia
By Adam Burns, RNZ News reporter
Worried New Caledonian expats in Aotearoa admit they are "terrified" for friends and family amid ongoing violence and civil...
‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and the Paris vote...
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia after several...
Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells of unrest
RNZ News
A New Zealand man has described scenes of chaos in the New Caledonia capital of Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest.
Four people have...
France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die in riots
Asia Pacific Report
France has declared a state of emergency on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia -- New Zealand's closest neighbour -- after four...
Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
Asia Pacific Report
As Israel drives the Palestinians deeper into another Nakba in Gaza with its assault on Rafah, the Palestine Youth Aotearoa (PYA) and...
Antoinette Lattouf: A disheartening feminist ‘silence’ over Gaza
COMMENTARY: By Antoinette Lattouf
Sorry Palestinian women and children. It seems Australia’s leading women’s media company has more pressing issues to cover than the seemingly...
New Caledonia violence ‘unfortunate’ but ‘not surprising’, says Pacific Forum chief
RNZ Pacific
Outgoing Secretary-General Henry Puna of the Pacific Islands Forum is "not surprised" with the violent unrest in New Caledonia which has shut down...