Tag: Kanaky

RNZ Pacific One of New Caledonia's pro-independence parties, Palika, says it is prepared to meet the French ministers due in Noumea this month to follow...

RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week's talks in France...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist About 23,000 Melanesians live in Aotearoa and yesterday they had their first very own festival showcasing their diverse cultures. Fijians...

Asia Pacific Report Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union...

RNZ Pacific Delegates from French Polynesia have flown to New York for the annual meeting of the UN Decolonisation Committee. The veteran pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru...

RNZ Pacific Plans to hold a referendum in Kanaky New Caledonia next year on a new statute for the territory are being deferred. French Junior Overseas...

RNZ Pacific The pro-independence coalition parties of Kanaky New Caledonia have selected their candidates for the French Legislative elections next month. Wali Wahetra from the Palika...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party says it will not give up on the gains made in terms of decolonisation from France under the...

RNZ Pacific Two parties of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) movement have restated their intention to attain the territory's decolonisation...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The French government’s decision to press ahead with the third and final referendum vote for self-determination in Kanaky New Caledonia was...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence umbrella organisation says it does not recognise the legitimacy and validity of the third and final referendum on independence from...

RNZ Pacific Voters in New Caledonia have overwhelmingly rejected independence from France in a referendum spurned by a massive boycott from the pro-independence camp. With vote...

RNZ Pacific A late legal bid to postpone Sunday's independence referendum in New Caledonia has reportedly failed. A leading anti-independence leader and president of New Caledonia's...

RNZ Pacific A pro-independence delegation from New Caledonia has left for New York to raise its opposition to the independence referendum due this Sunday with...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter There is growing unease over the French decision to hold Kanaky New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on...

A View From Afar on 26 August 2021. Video: EveningReport.nz Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In this this week's episode of A View from Afar today, Selwyn...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has elected its first pro-independence Kanak president. Louis Mapou was elected today in Noumea after months of negotiations between the two main...

By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's 11 newly elected ministers have again failed to elect a new president. Like two weeks ago, none of the three...

By RNZ News The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) says this week's change in the New Caledonian territorial government has brought hope to...

By RNZ News Vanuatu's opposition leader is calling for engagement with New Caledonia's anti-independence side to convince them of a viable Kanaky. New Caledonia last week...

By RNZ Pacific The president of New Caledonia's parliamentary Congress says the Pacific territory could become an independent state associated with France. The suggestion was made...

By RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement has confirmed that it will request a third and final referendum...