Tag: Kanak independence

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific political activists across Oceania, just...

By Lauren Crimp , RNZ News reporter New Zealanders stuck among riots and civil unrest in New Caledonia's capital say they feel abandoned by their...

RNZ News Air New Zealand has confirmed Nouméa's Tontouta International airport in New Caledonia is closed until Tuesday. The airline earlier told RNZ it would update...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The suspected ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have...

RNZ News A New Zealand man has described scenes of chaos in the New Caledonia capital of Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest. Four people have...

RNZ Pacific Outgoing Secretary-General Henry Puna of the Pacific Islands Forum is "not surprised" with the violent unrest in New Caledonia which has shut down...

Macron’s plan has backfired. But there can be no sustainable solution without cooperation of all parties, writes a former Australian diplomat in New Caledonia. ANALYSIS:...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A group belonging to New Caledonia's pro-independence movement, UNI (Union Nationale pour l'Indépendance), has released a...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A pro-independence activist in New Caledonia is warning France to immediately halt its planned constitution amendments or face "war". The...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa...

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific The French Senate has endorsed a Constitutional review project bearing significant modifications to the local...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent One of the main components of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent Inclusive talks in Paris between France and Kanaky New Caledonia's politicians have yielded outcomes, including a French-submitted document...

By Eleisha Foon, journalist France has deployed Rafale jet fighters during a military ceremony in New Caledonia, marking President Emmanuel Macron's first official day in...

Asia Pacific Report Kanaky New Caledonia's parliamentary President (speaker) Roch Wamytan says it is time for France to end colonisation in the Pacific territory. Speaking to...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard...

By David Robie New Caledonia's Kanak national liberation movement has told the UN Decolonisation Committee that France has "robbed" the indigenous people of their independence...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia's pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to French Overseas Minister...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter The president of New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party says the latest French pronouncement on self-determination is an insult to the decolonisation process. Amid...

Pacific Media Watch Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...

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...