Tag: Kanak independence
New Caledonian independence ‘in their hearts’, but also a ‘scary’ future
Kanaks and long-time New Caledonian settlers get to vote on their future on November 4. But, as Michael Andrew of Asia Pacific Journalism points...
Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?
In the final instalment of a three-part series, Dr Lee Duffield in Noumea assesses some of the options and omens.
It looks like a simple...
Decolonisation in New Caledonia – who decides the future?
In this second of three articles from Noumea, Dr Lee Duffield learns about multicultural Kanaky/New Caledonia and the events that led to their referendum...
New Caledonia celebrates Bastille Day and thinks about independence
IN-DEPTH: By Dr Lee Duffield, recently in Kanaky/New Caledonia
The Quatorze Juillet (14 July) events in Noumea this month, as in any small French city,...
New Caledonia referendum offers chance to turn page, says journo
By RNZ Pacific
This year's referendum on independence from France is a chance to turn a new page on New Caledonia's past, says a Kanak...
Blood in the Pacific: 30 years on from the Ouvéa Island...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Max Uechtritz
On Saturday, 30 years ago in 1988, I smelled death for the first time – literally.
A sickening, almost suffocating, stench...
Macron visits Ouvéa on anniversary of defining 1988 hostage crisis
FLASHBACK: The controversial docudrama Rebellion, screened at the 2012 NZ International Film Festival by director Mathieu Kassovitz and featuring some Kanak relatives of the...
Macron begins New Caledonia visit as independence vote looms
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
French President Emmanuel Macron today began a three-day visit to New Caledonia - six months before the territory's vote on independence...
Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media
REVIEW: By Erica George of Amnesty International NZ
"Mainstream journalism has failed to communicate not only peace, but also human rights in ways that have...
