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By Adam Gifford of Waatea News A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jessie Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist French president Emmanuel Macron has landed in Nouméa. The French Ambassador to the Pacific Véronique Roger-Lacan was on the flight. "The...

By Tensly Sumbe Vanuatu's Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo is urging every Ni-Vanuatu person living in New Caledonia to take part in the upcoming vote for...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand solidarity action group has called on the New Zealand government to back indigenous independence calls in the Pacific and...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Liberation "must come" for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently...

By Maia Ingoe, RNZ News journalist A NZ Defence Force plane carrying 50 New Zealanders evacuated from New Caledonia landed at Auckland International Airport last...

COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell The split opening up in Israel’s “War Cabinet” is not just between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his long-term rival Benny...

ANALYSIS: By David Small, University of Canterbury With an air force plane on its way to rescue New Zealanders stranded by the violent uprising in...

RNZ News A New Zealand government plane is heading to New Caledonia to assist with bringing New Zealanders home. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today confirmed...

RNZ Pacific A New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region since the 1970s says liberation "must come" for Kanaky/New...

Asia Pacific Report For more than 76 years, Palestinians have resisted occupation, dispossession and ethnic cleansing, culminating in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Yet in the...

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 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...

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...

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...