Tag: Kanaky New Caledonia independence
French Minister Valls warns New Caledonia is ‘on a tightrope’, pleads...
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...
Leaked ‘working paper’ on New Caledonia’s political future sparks new concerns
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...
French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late...
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...
Valls faces Kanak ‘first people’ clash with loyalists over independence talks
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...
France’s Minister Valls faces tough talks in New Caledonia over future
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...
France’s top diplomat confirms ‘unfreezing’ of New Caledonia’s electoral roll back...
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...
Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024
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...
‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s 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...
What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia
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...
NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia
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...
Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail
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,...
Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’
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...
Upsurge of post-riots violence against women in New Caledonia, says advocate
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...
Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party
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...
Cook Islands PM calls for easing of tensions in New Caledonia
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...
Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia
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...
Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
A three-day fact-finding mission, headed by three Pacific leaders, has wrapped up in Nouméa, and New Caledonia's President...
Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders' troika, along with the Fiji's prime minister, arrived in Kanaky...
Kanak pastor advocates for ‘hope and ‘humanity’ as Pacific leaders visit...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
A Kanak pastor from the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia, attending a Pacific solidarity forum in Aotearoa,...
UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding...
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach...
PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights...
Pacific Media Watch
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has "cleared the air" with the Fijian diaspora in Samoa over Fiji’s vote against the United Nations resolution...
Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is cautioning New Caledonia's local government to "be reasonable" in its requests from...
