Tag: Independence
‘Bittersweet day for my family’, says Dulciana at Somare funeral
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The youngest daughter of the Somare family Dulciana Somare-Brash told mourners the state funeral for Papua New Guinea's Grand...
Michael Somare – the passing of a great man, Sana, the...
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
Sir Michael was a man of many titles. He was father, grandfather and chief.
As a tribal leader,...
Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, ‘father’ of PNG and colossus of Pacific...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Ritchie, Deakin University
Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and a giant of Pacific politics, has...
Change in New Caledonia government 40 years on brings hope to...
By RNZ News
The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) says this week's change in the New Caledonian territorial government has brought hope to...
Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?
SPECIAL REPORT: The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior happened 35 years ago this year. The event had ramifications across the Pacific, and politicised a...
Papuan flag day protests in Yogya, Jakarta reject ‘special autonomy’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
December 1 flag day protests have taken place in several cities around Indonesia including the capital Jakarta, Yogyakarta (Central Java), Ternate...
West Papuan leaders declare first steps for world’s first ‘green state’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan leaders have begun forming a "provisional government" in defiance of a crackdown by Indonesian security forces and have pledged...
Solidarity groups rally in support of Mā’ohi independence leader Temaru
COMMENT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala in Auckland
Tomorrow – November 25 – is D-Day for Tahitian pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru’s trial in New...
The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of...
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva
The unfolding in French Polynesia of the latest judiciary entanglements of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru versus the French administration is being...
Regenvanu calls for fresh lobbying to ‘convince’ New Caledonia loyalists
By RNZ News
Vanuatu's opposition leader is calling for engagement with New Caledonia's anti-independence side to convince them of a viable Kanaky.
New Caledonia last week...
Graham Davis: Happy 50th Independence Day, Fiji
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
At precisely 10am 50 years ago today, Fiji gained its independence from Britain when HRH, the Prince of Wales, handed our...
Toroama declares independence top of agenda, offers ‘olive branch’ to rivals
By Romulus Masiu in Port Moresby
Full independence will be top of the agenda pledges Ishmael Toroama, the newly elected president for the Autonomous Region...
Count down under way for New Caledonia’s independence vote
By RNZ News
The campaign for New Caledonia's referendum on independence from France is already officially three days old with the critical vote in less...
Independence would open more choices for New Caledonia, says Goa
By RNZ Pacific
Pro-independence advocates in New Caledonia say a vote for full sovereignty next month would allow the country to step up onto the...
Marape urges PNG citizens to work together for ‘better nation’
By RNZ Pacific
As Papua New Guinea marked its independence anniversary the Prime Minister urged all citizens to help build a "better" PNG.
Yesterday was the...
French minister says New Caledonia referendum on track despite covid
By RNZ Pacific
France's new overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu says New Caledonia's restrictions over the covid-19 pandemic will not affect the preparations for the October...
French nuclear tests: ‘I bury people nearly every day, what was...
By Matthew Scott, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
The day began with a video, showing a disparate collection of arresting images - the drowned...
‘We won’t drop our support for West Papua,’ pledges Vanuatu’s PM
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman has rejected a claim that he had been invited by the Indonesian government to...
Thousands march through Port Vila to mark Vanuatu’s independence
By RNZ Pacific
More than 20,000 people have marched through Port Vila for the opening of Vanuatu's 40th Independence Anniversary celebrations.
The parade started in the...
Pacific churches add ‘justice for Mā’ohi’ voice at Tahitian rally
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Pacific Conference of Churches has called for justice in Mā'ohi (French Polynesia) and for Oscar Temaru, the activist mayor...
Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru challenges court over French judicial ethics
By RNZ Pacific
A Paris-based lawyer acting for French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has taken his client's treatment in the case in Tahiti to...
NZ’s independence from Five Eyes has slipped, says former PM Clark
INDEPTH: By Guyon Espiner, RNZ News investigative reporter, with contributor John Daniell
New Zealand has lost some of its independence within the Five Eyes intelligence...