Tag: Kanaky New Caledonia crisis

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls, who is visiting New Caledonia this week for the third...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A leaked "working paper" on New Caledonia's future political status is causing concern on the local...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls left New Caledonia at the weekend after a one-week stay...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls' first two days in New Caledonia have been marred by...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls lands in New Caledonia tomorrow to pursue talks on...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Presenter/Bulletin editor France's top diplomat in the Pacific region says talks around the "unfreezing" of New Caledonia's highly controversial electoral...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has announced he will travel to New Caledonia later this month...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The main provincial road linking New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, to the south of the main island...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's newly-installed government has elected pro-France Alcide Ponga as territorial President. Ponga, 49, is also the...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, who was appointed yesterday as part of the new French government...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent, French Pacific desk New Caledonia's territorial government has been toppled on Christmas Eve, due to a mass resignation within...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government has fallen to a motion of no confidence just...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was expected to arrive in New Caledonia today for...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin will remain in a mainland French jail for the time being,...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has unveiled the main outcome of its...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Figures for violence against women in New Caledonia have increased due to the post-riots crisis, according...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has used a speech in Paris to urge France to keep an...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia's main pro-independence party, the...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has returned from New Caledonia saying it is not a simple "black and...

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As a three-day fact-finding mission from a group of Pacific leaders drew to a close...