Tag: Kanaky New Caledonia

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific regional network has deplored what they call increasing brutality on Kanak youth in Kanaky New Caledonia and...

Asia Pacific Report The president and board of the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia has appealed in an open letter to French President Emmanuel...

COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and...

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal -- state of the art armoured vehicles...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says "calm wise heads" are needed to sort out the crisis in New Caledonia. A security force of...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair Mark Brown has written to the president of the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Three Nouméa municipal policemen are now facing a prosecution after a disturbing video was posted in...

Correction: An earlier version of this RNZ Pacific story published on 29 May 2024 attributed a statement from the French High Commission in New...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand solidarity group for Palestine with a focus on settler colonialism has condemned the latest atrocities by the Israeli military...

By Pretoria Gordon, RNZ News journalist Jessie Ounei is following in her mum's footsteps as a Kanak pro-independence activist. Last Wednesday, Ounei organised a rally outside...

COMMENTARY: By Teanau Tuiono There is an important story to be told behind the story Aotearoa New Zealand's mainstream media has been reporting on in...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the 12-day state of emergency imposed in New Caledonia on...

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury The coverage by the New Zealand media over the brutal crackdown in New Caledonia by the French on the indigenous Kanak...

Green Left Show Indigenous Kanaks in Kanaky New Caledonia have revolted in the last two weeks in response to moves by the colonial power France...

"In the aftermath of the 'No' denying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia, I deeply sympathise with the Kanak people's frustration, fear, and...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence group has condemned French "modern-day colonialism in action" in Kanaky New Caledonia and urged indigenous leaders to "fight...

Asia Pacific Report By a Kanak from Aotearoa New Zealand in Kanaky New Caledonia I've been trying to feel cool and nice on this beautiful sunny...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a meeting-packed whirlwind day in New Caledonia with...

COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell Is it just me or is it not more than a little odd that coverage of current events in New Caledonia/Kanaky...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Nouméa today under heavy security after pro-independence protests by indigenous...

By Adam Gifford of Waatea News A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jessie Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist French president Emmanuel Macron has landed in Nouméa. The French Ambassador to the Pacific Véronique Roger-Lacan was on the flight. "The...