Tag: France
Rival New Caledonian sides left in run for French National Assembly...
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's first round of the French National Assembly election has seen surprise advances of the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front...
Fijian policymaker calls for an ‘inspired’ defence of world oceans
RNZ Pacific
The global community needs to "be inspired" to defend the world's oceans ahead of the second United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon at...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race
RNZ News
A New Caledonian anti-independence candidate has withdrawn from the race for a seat in the French National Assembly just hours before nominations closed.
Vaea...
Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month -- just hours before the nomination...
Marwan Bishara: French presidential elections: It’s déjà vu all over again
ANALYSIS: By Marwan Bishara
The French have done it again. Despite having been utterly scandalised by the result of their own vote in the 2017...
Two pro-independence parties in New Caledonia vow to continue fight
RNZ Pacific
Two parties of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) movement have restated their intention to attain the territory's decolonisation...
Six Nations: How Wallis and Futuna players have boosted France’s title...
By Tony Smith of Stuff
The tiny Pacific territory of Wallis and Futuna can, per capita, surely lay claim to be test rugby's hottest talent...
Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
New Zealanders living overseas say covid-19 is now part of everyday life as cases of the highly-infectious omicron variant...
Pro-Macron presidential election committee formed in New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
A committee has been set up in New Caledonia to support the re-election of French President Emmanuel Macron although he is yet to...
New Caledonia votes in third ballot on independence from France
RNZ Pacific
Voting is under way in New Caledonia today in the last of three referendums on independence from France.
The pro-independence parties said they will...
New Caledonia’s final independence vote today – mired in controversy
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS World News
Kanaky New Caledonia is holding a final referendum on independence from France today. But not everyone wants to...
I support Kanaky New Caledonian independence – but why I’m not...
COMMENTARY: By Marylou Mahé, a Kanak supporter of independence for New Caledonia
When tomorrow’s referendum on independence for New Caledonia goes ahead, it won’t have...
Betrayal of Kanaky decolonisation by Paris risks return to dark days
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
After three decades of frustratingly slow progress but with a measure of quiet optimism over the decolonisation process unfolding under the...
Unease builds over final Kanaky New Caledonia independence referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
There is growing unease over the French decision to hold Kanaky New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on...
Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum
RNZ Pacific
A leading anti-independence politician in New Caledonia, Sonia Backes, has rejected calls for the referendum on independence from France to be postponed, saying...
AUKUS pact strikes at heart of Pacific nuclear-free regionalism
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific reporter
Australia's new security pact with the US and the UK has touched a nerve at the core of Pacific...
ANZUS without NZ? Why the new security pact between Australia, the...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
We live, to borrow a phrase, in interesting times. The pandemic aside, relations between the superpowers are tense....
Macron says Paris owes ‘debt’ to French Polynesia over nuclear tests
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
French President Emmanuel Macron said this week that Paris owed “a debt” to French Polynesia over nuclear tests conducted in the...
RSF, Moroccan-French journalists file complaint over Pegasus spy saga
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In the wake of this week's revelations about the Pegasus spyware, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two journalists with French and...
Temaru calls for massive turnout for Mā’ohi Lives Matter nuclear-free rally
By Jean-Pierre Viatge in Pape'ete
Fifteen days after Tahiti Nui's anti-nuclear protest on July 2, the Tavini Huiraatira party has organised a march Mā'ohi Lives...
Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala
On 27 May 2021, a significant event took place in Rwanda where French President Emmanuel Macron asked...