Tag: Kanak independence
France defers referendum on new statute for New Caledonia Kanaky
RNZ Pacific
Plans to hold a referendum in Kanaky New Caledonia next year on a new statute for the territory are being deferred.
French Junior Overseas...
French envoys to visit New Caledonia in September with unknown plan
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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...
New Caledonia’s Roch Wamytan set to be re-elected Congress president
RNZ Pacific
The President of New Caledonia's Congress Roch Wamytan is set to be re-elected for another one-year term after the party holding the balance...
New Caledonia referendum challenged in Euro human rights court
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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...
Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement
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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...
Second Kanak party, Palika, joins boycott of French statute talks
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New Caledonia's pro-independence Palika party has joined the Caledonian Union in rejecting talks in Paris announced by the French Interior Ministry.
The ministry called...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific
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New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party says it will not give up on the gains made in terms of decolonisation from France under the...
Two pro-independence parties in New Caledonia vow to continue fight
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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...
Gomes calls for ‘consensus’ in charting Kanaky New Caledonia’s future
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A New Caledonian member of the French National Assembly says a consensus needs to be found on Kanaky New Caledonia's future statute after...
‘Secret plots’, sovereignty and covid challenges face Pacific for New Year
ANALYSIS: By David Robie in Auckland
The Pacific year has closed with growing tensions over sovereignty and self-determination issues and growing stress over the ravages...
‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’
By Jan Kohout in Noumea
There have been mixed opinions from New Caledonia's communities after the third and final referendum returned a 96 percent vote...
Pro-Macron presidential election committee formed in New Caledonia
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A committee has been set up in New Caledonia to support the re-election of French President Emmanuel Macron although he is yet to...
France calls for proposals to revise New Caledonia’s political statute
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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...
Pacific civil society groups slam New Caledonia ballot as ‘unjust …...
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The French government’s decision to press ahead with the third and final referendum vote for self-determination in Kanaky New Caledonia was...
France’s New Caledonia policy labelled a ‘catastrophe’ by left leader
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A leftwing candidate in the French presidential race, Jean-Luc Melenchon, says the outcome of New Caledonia's independence referendum is a catastrophe.
He held a...
New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’
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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...
New Caledonia votes to stay with France, but it’s a hollow...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
“Loyalist” New Caledonians handed France the decisive victory in the third and final referendum on independence it wanted in Sunday’s vote.
But...
New Caledonia faced with uncertainty over Noumea Accord legacy
RNZ Pacific
A law professor in Noumea says New Caledonia is now faced with a period of high uncertainty -- be it political, economic or...
Paris delighted at New Caledonia result, but Kanaks dismiss it
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Leading French politicians have welcomed New Caledonia's rejection of independence, but pro-independence leaders have dismissed the result.
More than 96 percent voted against independence...
New Caledonia votes ‘non’ – but huge Kanak boycott of French...
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Voters in New Caledonia have overwhelmingly rejected independence from France in a referendum spurned by a massive boycott from the pro-independence camp.
With vote...
New Caledonia votes in third ballot on independence from France
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Voting is under way in New Caledonia today in the last of three referendums on independence from France.
The pro-independence parties said they will...