Tag: Kanaky
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for...
NC La Première television reports on the clearing of barricades after a week of protests and rioting in the capital Nouméa. Video: NC 1ère...
Pacific civil society groups condemn ‘heavy-handed’ French crackdown over Kanaky unrest
Asia Pacific Report
Pacific civil society and solidarity groups today stepped up their pressure on the French government, accusing it of a "heavy-handed" crackdown on...
Kanaky New Caledonia: Amnesty calls on France to ‘uphold rights’ of...
Asia Pacific Report
The global human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on France to not "misuse" a crackdown in the ongoing unrest in the...
New Caledonia riots: Tear gas, stun grenades used as protesters swarm...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
Police have used tear gas and stun grenades on rioters at an...
Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific political activists across Oceania, just...
Tourists trapped by New Caledonia unrest feel ‘abandoned’ by NZ
By Lauren Crimp , RNZ News reporter
New Zealanders stuck among riots and civil unrest in New Caledonia's capital say they feel abandoned by their...
New Caledonia’s Nouméa airport closed until Tuesday, says Air New Zealand
RNZ News
Air New Zealand has confirmed Nouméa's Tontouta International airport in New Caledonia is closed until Tuesday.
The airline earlier told RNZ it would update...
Vanuatu, MSG chief reaffirms support for FLNKS, blames France over unrest
Asia Pacific Report
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai -- who is also Chairman of the Melanesian Spearhead Group -- has reaffirmed MSG’s support of the...
Home detention for New Caledonia’s unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The suspected ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have...
Why is New Caledonia on fire? According to local women, the...
ANALYSIS: By Nicole George, The University of Queensland
New Caledonia’s capital city, Nouméa, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past three days. This crisis...
NZ families worried as loved ones shelter from violent unrest in...
By Adam Burns, RNZ News reporter
Worried New Caledonian expats in Aotearoa admit they are "terrified" for friends and family amid ongoing violence and civil...
‘Deadly spiral’ – state of emergency in Kanaky New Caledonia and...
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia after several...
Nouméa ‘was on fire’ – New Zealander in New Caledonia tells...
RNZ News
A New Zealand man has described scenes of chaos in the New Caledonia capital of Nouméa during the escalating civil unrest.
Four people have...
France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia – four die...
Asia Pacific Report
France has declared a state of emergency on the Pacific territory of New Caledonia -- New Zealand's closest neighbour -- after four...
New Caledonia violence ‘unfortunate’ but ‘not surprising’, says Pacific Forum chief
RNZ Pacific
Outgoing Secretary-General Henry Puna of the Pacific Islands Forum is "not surprised" with the violent unrest in New Caledonia which has shut down...
Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest
RNZ News
Three people have now died in New Caledonia in the wake of pro-independence protests and escalating unrest.
Charles Wea, a spokesperson for international relations...
Violence erupts in New Caledonia as independence supporters oppose legislation in...
Macron’s plan has backfired. But there can be no sustainable solution without cooperation of all parties, writes a former Australian diplomat in New Caledonia.
ANALYSIS:...
New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A group belonging to New Caledonia's pro-independence movement, UNI (Union Nationale pour l'Indépendance), has released a...
Curfew in New Caledonia after Kanak riots over French voting change...
By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
French authorities have imposed a curfew on New Caledonia’s capital Nouméa and banned public gatherings after supporters...
‘A lot of fire, violence’: Nouméa erupts as protests halt New...
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonians lined up in long queues outside shopping centres to buy supplies in the capital Nouméa today amid political unrest in the...
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...