Tag: New Caledonian politics
Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday.
The death took place as a result...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence militant leaders arrested
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's security forces have arrested eight people believed to be involved in the organisation of...
French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly's dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are...
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...
Second Kanak party, Palika, joins boycott of French statute talks
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence Palika party has joined the Caledonian Union in rejecting talks in Paris announced by the French Interior Ministry.
The ministry called...
New Caledonia’s Backès joins French government in citizenship post
RNZ Pacific
The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backès has been given a post in France's reshuffled and enlarged 42-member government.
The prime minister...
