Monthly Archives: May 2024

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...

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...

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...

NC La Première television reports on the clearing of barricades after a week of protests and rioting in the capital Nouméa.   Video: NC 1ère...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai -- who is also Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group -- has reaffirmed MSG’s support of the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Asia Pacific Report France has declared a state of emergency on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia -- New Zealand's closest neighbour -- after four...

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...

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...

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...