Tag: Kanak independence

RNZ Pacific A law professor in Noumea says New Caledonia is now faced with a period of high uncertainty -- be it political, economic or...

RNZ Pacific 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...

RNZ Pacific 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...

RNZ Pacific 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...

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS World News Kanaky New Caledonia is holding a final referendum on independence from France today. But not everyone wants to...

COMMENTARY: By Marylou Mahé, a Kanak supporter of independence for New Caledonia When tomorrow’s referendum on independence for New Caledonia goes ahead, it won’t have...

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...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence parties say the French overseas minister's visit in the next few days is unwelcome, describing it as "another provocation". Overseas Minister...

RNZ Pacific A pro-independence delegation from New Caledonia has left for New York to raise its opposition to the independence referendum due this Sunday with...

RNZ Pacific A group of citizens in New Caledonia has asked France's highest administrative court to postpone next Sunday's third and final independence referendum. In an...

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...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's leader is formally supporting the demand of Kanaks in New Caledonia for a delay in next month's third and final referendum on...

RNZ Pacific France has detailed an unprecedented security set-up for New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on December 12. The French authorities made the announcement...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS party has called for "non-participation" in the independence referendum on December 12. The Kanak alliance wants the vote postponed until...

RNZ Pacific A leading anti-independence politician in New Caledonia, Sonia Backes, has rejected calls for the referendum on independence from France to be postponed, saying...

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...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has elected its first pro-independence Kanak president. Louis Mapou was elected today in Noumea after months of negotiations between the two main...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter Political tension is rising in New Caledonia as a third referendum on independence from France is planned in December. The...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonian politicians have begun commenting on an embargoed French government paper about the implications of the third independence referendum due next year. Media...

By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's 11 newly elected ministers have again failed to elect a new president. Like two weeks ago, none of the three...

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...

By RNZ Pacific A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale...