Tag: New Caledonia politics
Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and...
Noumea faces more protests over New Caledonia voting rules change
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Demonstrations have been held in New Caledonia -- with more protests expected -- from both pro-...
French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The signing of a "nickel pact" to salvage New Caledonia's embattled industry has not been signed...
Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
One of the main components of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has...
Tributes flow over death of French ‘peacemaker’ minister in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French Pacific desk correspondent
One of the key players in the restoration of peace in New Caledonia in the 1980s,...
Former New Caledonia-based envoy appointed French President’s chief
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
A former New Caledonia-based High Commissioner, Patrice Faure, has been appointed Chief-of-Staff of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Faure is...
France holds future pact talks with New Caledonia’s rival groups
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has held separate meetings with New Caledonia's rival factions about the territory's future as...
‘Find a solution’ to the Kanaky political impasse, Macron told new...
RNZ Pacific
France's new Minister for Overseas Territories Jean-François Carenco was told to "find a solution" to the political impasse in New Caledonia.
Carenco started his...