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Kanak national liberation front calls for unity, voter registration drive on path to independence
New Caledonia independence alliance, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation...
Giovanni Torre 18 Dec 2025
Melanesian mission report exposes injustice towards Kanaky people in New Caledonia
A new report has exposed continuing injustices for Kanaky people living under Fr...
Andrew Mathieson 10 Nov 2025
French senate postpones New Caledonia's quest towards independence
The French parliament has rushed through an immediate timeline for the independe...
Andrew Mathieson 31 Oct 2025
French court permits Kanaky pro-independence leader's return to New Caledonia
A Paris court has eased the pre-trial conditions for New Caledonian pro-independ...
Andrew Mathieson 3 Oct 2025
Kanaky Indigenous alliance reject latest French deal for limited independence of New Caledonia
An in-principle agreement for New Caledonia to form independence from France app...
Andrew Mathieson 14 Aug 2025
Kanaky congress staffer imprisoned in France allowed to return to New Caledonia

An investigating judge has modified the judicial supervision of Kanak independence activist Frédérique Muliava, who was being prosecuted for an alleged leading role in the 2024 New Caled...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 5, 2025
Indigenous Kanaks support new New Caledonia law that imposes long-term bans on seabed mining

New Caledonia has imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone in a rare and sweeping move that places the French Pacific territory among the most restricted exploration ar...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson May 12, 2025
Troubled New Caledonia at 'turning point': New Zealand

New Zealand has urged France to forge a new constitutional relationship with its troubled external territory New Caledonia, marred by civil unrest.

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Ben McKay Nov 27, 2024
Leaders pose ideas as New Caledonia mission wraps up

New governance arrangements are being canvassed for New Caledonia, France's Pacific territory which has been mired with violence. Leaders of four Pacific nations have finished a three-day fact-finding...

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Ethan James Oct 30, 2024
Two men killed in police operation in New Caledonia

Police have killed two men during an operation in the French territory of New Caledonia amid unrest between Indigenous Kanaks and French loyalists, the Noumea prosecutor's office says.

Pacific Islands Forum delays New Caledonia mission until September

New Caledonia's future looms large at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting after a fact-finding mission to the crisis-hit country was officially delayed.

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Ben McKay Aug 21, 2024
France rebukes NZ deputy leader over New Caledonia

France has hit back at New Zealand's deputy prime minister for suggesting a referendum in New Caledonia wasn't in the spirit of the law as it mulls a request from Pacific leaders to tour the territory...

Delegation of Pacific leaders to head to New Caledonia

Three Pacific leaders will arrive in New Caledonia in the coming weeks as the country continues to teeter as the Indigenous Kanak people dispute a contested referendum on voting rights with France.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 23, 2024
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