Tag: Emmanuel Macron
Brown, Rabuka and Manele to lead Pacific mission to New Caledonia
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Suva
The high-level Pacific mission to New Caledonia will be a three person-led delegation and it is still...
French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to...
RNZ Pacific
The French Ambassador to the Pacific says President Emmanuel Macron is yet to sign-off on a letter from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)...
A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties
ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher
The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But...
French elections: First round of Pacific results show polarisation
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Pacific results for the first round of French national snap elections yesterday showed a firm...
New Caledonia votes first under tight security in French snap election
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls this weekend under tight security, almost eight...
French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly's dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are...
Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete...
Asia Pacific Report
The president and board of the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia has appealed in an open letter to French President Emmanuel...
Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working –...
COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa
The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and...
‘France has caused this crisis’ – Pacific Islands Forum offers support...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Cook Islands Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair Mark Brown has written to the president of the...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron lifts state of emergency ‘for time...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the 12-day state of emergency imposed in New Caledonia on...
Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to...
Asia Pacific Report
By a Kanak from Aotearoa New Zealand in Kanaky New Caledonia
I've been trying to feel cool and nice on this beautiful sunny...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a meeting-packed whirlwind day in New Caledonia with...
Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Nouméa today under heavy security after pro-independence protests by indigenous...
French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest
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...
NZ’s first New Caledonia evacuation flight lands in Auckland
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...
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...
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...
Macron defends Indo-Pacific stance – now ‘consolidated’ in Oceania
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French Pacific desk correspondent
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his Indo-Pacific vision during the traditional New Year's good wishes...
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French desk correspondent
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week's French Polynesia sitting of the...
FLNKS mayor wins run-off poll to take unprecedented French Senate seat
By Nic Maclellan
In a major electoral upset, Kanak independence politician Robert Xowie has won one of Kanaky New Caledonia’s two seats in the French...
Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Civil society groups wanting to see an end to destructive logging practices by foreign companies in Papua New...