Tag: Kanaky New Caledonia politics
French Overseas Minister pushes ahead with Bougival deal despite FLNKS snub
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific Correspondent French Pacific desk
French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has ended an extended seven-day visit to New Caledonia with...
French PM’s confidence vote hits New Caledonia’s political negotiations
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Prime Minister François Bayrou's surprise announcement yesterday that he will call for a parliamentary confidence...
FLNKS snubs Nouméa constitutional reform talks for New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A newly established "drafting committee" held its inaugural meeting in Nouméa this week, aiming to translate...
French Overseas Minister in New Caledonia in bid to ‘save’ Bougival...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls is once again in New Caledonia for a four-day visit...
‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's pro-independence front, the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), has formally confirmed its...
Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor
A former New Caledonia Congress president says there are "not enough" benefits for Kanaks in a new "draft"...
New Caledonia’s oldest party for independence rejects ‘Bougival’ deal
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has officially rejected a political agreement on...
Police protection for New Caledonian politicians following death threats
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonian politicians who inked their commitment to a deal with France last weekend will be...
New Caledonia’s political parties commit to ‘historic’ statehood deal
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's pro-and-anti-independence parties have committed to an "historic" deal over the future political status of...
Macron invites all New Caledonia stakeholders for Paris talks
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a formal invitation to "all New Caledonia stakeholders" for talks...
Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
One of seven people transferred to mainland France almost a year ago, following the May 2024...
French politicians in New Caledonia to stir the political melting pot
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French national politicians have been in New Caledonia as the territory's future remains undecided.
Leaders from both...
While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for...
Samoan-Kiwi filmmaker Tuki Laumea checks in with indigenous communities in 10 Pacific nations for a new Al Jazeera documentary series, reports RNZ Saturday Morning.
RNZ...
Air New Zealand to resume Auckland-Nouméa flights from November
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Air New Zealand has announced it plans to resume its Auckland-Nouméa flights from November, almost one...
New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia and French Polynesia have sent strong delegations this week to the United Nations Pacific...
New Caledonia’s political talks – no outcome after three days of...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
After three solid days of talks in retreat mode, New Caledonia's political parties have yet to...
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...
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 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...
Troubled road in New Caledonia fully reopens after eight-month closure
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...
Pro-France Alcide Ponga elected as New Caledonia’s new president
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...