Tag: Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front
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...
‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades.
A...
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...
FLNKS congress held ahead of ‘high stakes’ future talks with France
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement is holding its congress this weekend to prepare its position for the bilateral talks scheduled with French Interior...
‘Up to French people’ to decide on New Caledonia’s future, says...
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,...
FLNKS congratulates Fiji PM Rabuka and his coalition government
By Timoci Vula in Suva
The Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) of Kanaky New Caledonia has congratulated Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and his...
Pro-independence groups want Kanak flag for New Caledonia’s official flag
RNZ Pacific
Pro-independence groups in New Caledonia have proposed the Kanak flag as an official flag for the territory.
At the moment, the Kanak flag and...
Pro-independence Palika ready to join dialogue on future of Kanaky New...
RNZ Pacific
One of New Caledonia's pro-independence parties, Palika, says it is prepared to meet the French ministers due in Noumea this month to follow...
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...
FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia
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...
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...
France calls for proposals to revise New Caledonia’s political statute
RNZ Pacific
France's Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu has called on New Caledonia's political parties to draw up proposals on a new statute for the territory...
New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence umbrella organisation says it does not recognise the legitimacy and validity of the third and final referendum on independence from...
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...
A View From Afar: Independence hopes for Kanaky and what now...
A View From Afar on 26 August 2021. Video: EveningReport.nz
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In this this week's episode of A View from Afar today, Selwyn...
Kanaks pledge third New Caledonia independence referendum
By RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement has confirmed that it will request a third and final referendum...
Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy...
Melanesian Spearhead Group still backs Kanak decolonisation agenda
By RNZ Pacific
The Melanesian Spearhead Group says it will continue to support the Kanak people in their quest for independence from France despite the...
Victory in defeat for Kanak independence movement in latest referendum
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
While pro-independence Kanak supporters rued another defeat in the second referendum on independence for New Caledonia at the weekend, it was...