Tag: Independence

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...

By Jean Nuia in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died -- four days shy of his...

By Nathan Woti in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has approved the building of a monument of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord be reached with France to...

RNZ Pacific An Australian-based French law professor says it is up to the French people as a whole, and not the voters in New Caledonia,...

RNZ Pacific The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) wants to delay the next meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body with the Papua New Guinea government, claiming...

RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week's talks in France...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the...

OBITUARY: By Yamin Kogoya The sudden death of activist Leonie Tanggahma has shaken Papuan communities. Her loss last week has shocked West Papuans who regarded...

PNG Post-Courier The tears came freely as the birth of the new nation of Papua New Guinea was heralded by a new flag -- the...

ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating...

RNZ Pacific Seven people have been found guilty of "treason" after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia. In...

RNZ Pacific The newly re-elected President of the New Caledonian Congress, Roch Wamytan, says a visit by French representatives will take place on September 12. The...

By Agnes Herbert in Port Vila A founding father and former politician has urged young journalists to write more about Vanuatu’s history. In a presentation to...

RNZ Pacific The holding of New Caledonia's third and final referendum on independence from France during the covid-19 pandemic last year is being challenged in...

The National Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has visited Guava village in the heartland of the Panguna mine in Central Bougainville to pay his respects to...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Liberation Movement for West...

RNZ Pacific Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter The Kanak people will not accept France's attempt to "recolonise" New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the...

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...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter As the French Pacific is gearing up for Sunday's first round of the French presidential election, incumbent President Emmanuel...