Tag: Kanaky New Caledonia independence
Pacific alliance condemns France over bid to ‘derail’ Kanaky decolonisation
Asia Pacific Report
A Pacific civil society alliance has condemned French neocolonial policies in Kanaky New Caledonia, saying Paris is set on "maintaining the status...
New Caledonia: Flags and emotions flying high over proposed changes
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's capital was on Saturday flooded by two simultaneous waves of French and Kanaky flags...
Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
One of the main components of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has...
Tributes flow over death of French ‘peacemaker’ minister in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French Pacific desk correspondent
One of the key players in the restoration of peace in New Caledonia in the 1980s,...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French...
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...
Macron to ditch Noumea Accord for self-determination and introduce new statute...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific contributing journalist
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will forge ahead with processing a new statute for New Caledonia, replacing...
Macron urges Kanaky New Caledonia ‘compatriots’ to chart united path
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged New Caledonia to forge a common future after the most recent "no" independence vote.
During his visit to...
Time for France to grant New Caledonia independence, says Wamytan
Asia Pacific Report
Kanaky New Caledonia's parliamentary President (speaker) Roch Wamytan says it is time for France to end colonisation in the Pacific territory.
Speaking to...
UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence
By David Robie
New Caledonia's Kanak national liberation movement has told the UN Decolonisation Committee that France has "robbed" the indigenous people of their independence...
No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
The president of New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence...
