Tag: Kanaky
New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’
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...
New Caledonia votes ‘non’ – but huge Kanak boycott of French...
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...
Paris court clears way for Sunday’s New Caledonia referendum
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...
Pro-independence delegation seeks UN backing over New Caledonia vote
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...
Unease builds over final Kanaky New Caledonia independence referendum
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: Independence hopes for Kanaky and what now...
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...
New Caledonia elects first pro-independence Kanak president
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...
Kanaky New Caledonia ministers again deadlocked over president election
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...
Change in New Caledonia government 40 years on brings hope to...
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...
Regenvanu calls for fresh lobbying to ‘convince’ New Caledonia loyalists
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...
Kanaky New Caledonia could become ‘associated’ with France, says Wamytan
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...
Kanaks pledge third New Caledonia independence referendum
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...
Melanesian Spearhead Group still backs Kanak decolonisation agenda
By RNZ Pacific
The Melanesian Spearhead Group says it will continue to support the Kanak people in their quest for independence from France despite the...
Victory in defeat for Kanak independence movement in latest referendum
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
While pro-independence Kanak supporters rued another defeat in the second referendum on independence for New Caledonia at the weekend, it was...
New Caledonia rejects independence again, but Kanak vote gains ground
New Caledonia's people have narrowly voted to stay part of France in the second referendum on the issue in two years. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific...
French minister says New Caledonia referendum on track despite covid
By RNZ Pacific
France's new overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu says New Caledonia's restrictions over the covid-19 pandemic will not affect the preparations for the October...
FLNKS calls for West Papua self-determination, condemns violence
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The New Caledonian-based Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front or FLNKS has condemned the ongoing human rights violations in West Papua...
Mixed reaction in Wallis and Futuna to Roch Wamytan’s Congress win
By RNZ Pacific
There has been a mixed response in Wallis and Futuna to last week's election of a pro-independence politician as Congress president of...
New Caledonia’s provincial elections sharpen independence political divide
By Walter Zweifel for RNZ Dateline Pacific
New Caledonia's anti-independence parties have retained their slim majority in the 54-member Congress made up of members from...
Final day of election campaigning in New Caledonian provincial vote
By RNZ Pacific
Campaigning in New Caledonia will end tonight ahead of Sunday's provincial elections.
A weekend ban will then come into force on the sale...
Kanaky independence campaign rolls on … encouraged by ballot result
David Robie, who reported from New Caledonia several times during the 1980s for Islands Business magazine, The Australian, New Zealand Times and other media,...
New Caledonia’s timeline of injustice to independence?
Key dates in New Caledonia's colonial history:
1774: James Cook “discovers” Grande Terre island for Europe and renames it New Caledonia because the landscapes remind...