Tag: French Pacific elections
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...
Former New Caledonia-based envoy appointed French President’s chief
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
A former New Caledonia-based High Commissioner, Patrice Faure, has been appointed Chief-of-Staff of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Faure is...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French...
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice...
Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva
Mā’ohi Nui and the Pacific region has witnessed a historical moment at the Territorial Assembly when Oscar Temaru, leader of...
Brotherson’s new cabinet for Tahiti expected to be mainly women
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's presidential candidate Moetai Brotherson has named four ministers in his proposed government, and confirmed he will vacate...
Historic pro-independence party poll victory in French Polynesia – video
By Stefan Armbruster
A pro-independence party has decisively won elections in French Polynesia, marking a historic shift in one of France’s Pacific territories.
Veteran politician Oscar...
Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva
Mā'ohi Nui's blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir'atira has won its bet -- to be back in the helm...
French Polynesia set for president who favours independence after election
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira party has won the election for a new 57-member Territorial Assembly, paving the way...
Hasty Tahiti electoral alliance accused of serving up ‘same soup’ by...
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
Politicians in French Polynesia have reacted with scorn over the ruling party's hastily-convened electoral alliance with an opposition party,...
Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’...
Brief reports have surfaced about the separate bilateral meetings of the Kanaky New Caledonia pro- and anti- independence representatives with French Prime Minister Élisabeth...
Tahiti’s pro-independence party tops vote — another winning streak?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Pape’ete
As the ballots were counted after the first day of voting in Mā’ohi Nui/French Polynesia territorial election first...
Temaru’s pro-independence party wins round one of French Polynesia’s elections
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has come out on top in the first round of the territorial elections.
The...
France holds future pact talks with New Caledonia’s rival groups
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has held separate meetings with New Caledonia's rival factions about the territory's future as...
Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific
RNZ Pacific
France's abolition of the status of an overseas minister has received mixed reactions in both France and its overseas territories, with a pro-independence...
Fritch slams Tahiti pro-independence wins for Paris as ‘catastrophic’
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch has described the election of three candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party to the French National Assembly...
