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Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee

October 6, 2022

RNZ Pacific Delegates from French Polynesia have flown to New York for the annual meeting of the UN Decolonisation Committee. The veteran pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru is heading his team while the French Polynesian government has sent the Equipment Minister Rene Temeharo as its spokesperson. The territory was reinscribed on the list on non-self-governing territories ... <a title="Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/delegates-from-french-polynesia-head-to-un-decolonisation-committee/" aria-label="Read more about Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee">Read more</a>

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Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement

July 26, 2022

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), which wants independence from Indonesia. The Kanak-Papuan deal was signed by Roch Wamytan, President of New Caledonia’s Congress, and the visiting ULMWP leader Benny Wenda. Wamytan told La ... <a title="Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/pro-independence-kanaks-sign-pact-with-west-papuan-movement/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement">Read more</a>