Tag: Union Calédonian
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-...
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...
Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party says the latest French pronouncement on self-determination is an insult to the decolonisation process.
Amid...
‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades.
A...
Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of...
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party has been told that France is "panicking" and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
The head...
Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord be reached with France to...
New Caledonia’s Roch Wamytan set to be re-elected Congress president
RNZ Pacific
The President of New Caledonia's Congress Roch Wamytan is set to be re-elected for another one-year term after the party holding the balance...
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 pro-independence parties choose for French elections
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...
Kanak pro-independence parties urge supporters to boycott French election
RNZ Pacific
Several pro-independence parties in New Caledonia are urging supporters to boycott the second round of the French presidential elections this Sunday.
The election pits...
Caledonian Union vows to end French ‘neo-colonial putsch’ in Pacific
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...
Two pro-independence parties in New Caledonia vow to continue fight
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...
France keeps December 12 date for New Caledonia independence vote
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia, Patrice Faure, has confirmed the December 12 date for the independence referendum, fuelling tension...
