Tag: French Pacific
New Caledonia appeals to all medical staff to help combat covid-19...
RNZ Pacific
The New Caledonian government has appealed to all medical and paramedical staff, including veterinarians, to help in the fight against covid-19.
Sixty-six cases have...
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...
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...
Wallis and Futuna reports first covid-19 fatality
RNZ Pacific
An 83-year-old woman in Wallis and Futuna has become the first fatality in the French territory's covid-19 outbreak.
Earlier this month, she had been...
New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis
By RNZ Pacific
A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale...
Noumea-based NZ consul to French Pacific Bruce Shepherd dies
By RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand Consul-General to the French Pacific, Bruce Shepherd, has died.
According to Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes website, Shepherd died of a heart...
Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy
By RNZ Pacific
An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France's first atomic...
‘Ordinary hero’ who challenged French Polynesian ‘nuclear horror’ dies
Bruno Barrillot talking about the legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific in the Witnesses of the Bomb programme in a 2013 multimedia...
Newest PIF members historic – but not without concerns, say reports
French Polynesia and New Caledonia have become the newest members to join the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
The decision is historic as the PIF was...
NZ backs Pacific Forum membership for French territories
The New Zealand government backs the French Pacific territories becoming full members of the Pacific Islands Forum, reports Radio New Zealand International.
The director of...
