Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest
RNZ News
Three people have now died in New Caledonia in the wake of pro-independence protests and escalating unrest.
Charles Wea, a spokesperson for international relations...
Violence erupts in New Caledonia as independence supporters oppose legislation in...
Macron’s plan has backfired. But there can be no sustainable solution without cooperation of all parties, writes a former Australian diplomat in New Caledonia.
ANALYSIS:...
New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A group belonging to New Caledonia's pro-independence movement, UNI (Union Nationale pour l'Indépendance), has released a...
Curfew in New Caledonia after Kanak riots over French voting change...
By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
French authorities have imposed a curfew on New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa and banned public gatherings after supporters...
‘A lot of fire, violence’: Nouméa erupts as protests halt New...
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonians lined up in long queues outside shopping centres to buy supplies in the capital Nouméa today amid political unrest in the...
NZ foreign minister Peters cancels New Caledonia visit as unrest erupts
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has cancelled his visit to New Caledonia due to pro-independence unrest throughout the French Pacific territory.
Peters...
Botched prison mutiny, protests ahead of New Caledonia constitution vote
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia has gone through yet another day of tense political protests and a failed prison...
Fiji abstains from new UN vote on Palestinian membership bid
Asia Pacific Report
The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to grant Palestine new rights and privileges, calling on the Security Council to reconsider its...
NZ pro-Palestine protester climbs onto Christchurch City Council roof
RNZ News
A New Zealand pro-Palestinian protester who climbed onto the roof of the Christchurch City Council building has been handcuffed and taken away in...
Fiji Water workers strike almost a week – but union ‘hopeful’...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A National Union of Workers (NUW) official is hopeful Fiji Water employees who have been on strike for almost...
1000 protest in Auckland over Israel’s war on Gaza, honour Nakba...
Asia Pacific Report
About 1000 people in Aotearoa New Zealand gathered for a two-hour rally in central Auckland today and marched down Queen Street and...