Tag: Kanak independence

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...

By RNZ News French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu has held talks with 10 New Caledonian politicians at a retreat near Noumea to promote dialogue between...

By RNZ News Vanuatu's opposition leader is calling for engagement with New Caledonia's anti-independence side to convince them of a viable Kanaky. New Caledonia last week...

By RNZ Pacific The president of New Caledonia's parliamentary Congress says the Pacific territory could become an independent state associated with France. The suggestion was made...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New Caledonia's people have narrowly voted to stay part of France in the second referendum on the issue in two years. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific...

By RNZ News The campaign for New Caledonia's referendum on independence from France is already officially three days old with the critical vote in less...

By RNZ Pacific Pro-independence advocates in New Caledonia say a vote for full sovereignty next month would allow the country to step up onto the...

By RNZ Pacific France's new overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu says New Caledonia's restrictions over the covid-19 pandemic will not affect the preparations for the October...

By RNZ Pacific There has been a mixed response in Wallis and Futuna to last week's election of a pro-independence politician as Congress president of...

By Duke Menango in Noumea The provincial elections last Sunday have shaken the political landscape in New Caledonia with an upheaval in the Southern province...

By Walter Zweifel for RNZ Dateline Pacific New Caledonia's anti-independence parties have retained their slim majority in the 54-member Congress made up of members from...