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December 4, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was expected to arrive in New Caledonia today for a three-day visit. His schedule in New Caledonia will include meetings with “a wide range of government, political, business and civil society leaders” from December 3-5, Peters’ office confirmed through ... <a title="NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/04/nzs-foreign-minister-peters-embarks-on-three-day-visit-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin will remain in a mainland French jail for the time being, a Court of Appeal has ruled in Nouméa. This followed an earlier ruling on October 22 from the Court of Cassation, which is tasked to rule on possible procedural mistakes ... <a title="Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/02/kanak-pro-independence-leader-christian-tein-to-remain-in-mainland-french-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has unveiled the main outcome of its congress last weekend, including its plans for the French Pacific territory’s political future. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Nouméa, the party’s newly-elected executive bureau, now headed by ... <a title="Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/01/tjibaous-party-unveils-plan-for-new-caledonias-future-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Figures for violence against women in New Caledonia have increased due to the post-riots crisis, according to local NGO SOS Violences president Anne-Marie Mestre. Mestre has told local news media that the recent upsurge was mainly due to the riots over independence that broke out on ... <a title="Upsurge of post-riots violence against women in New Caledonia, says advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/29/upsurge-of-post-riots-violence-against-women-in-new-caledonia-says-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about Upsurge of post-riots violence against women in New Caledonia, says advocate">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia’s main pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has triggered a whole range of political reactions — mostly favourable, some more cautious. Within the pro-independence camp, the two main moderate parties UPM (Progressist Union in ... <a title="Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/26/mixed-reactions-to-tjibaous-election-to-key-kanak-pro-independence-party/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has returned from New Caledonia saying it is not a simple “black and white situation”. Brown returned from a three-day Pacific fact-finding mission in the French Pacific territory alongside the Prime Ministers of Solomon Islands, Tonga and Fiji. New Caledonia has been going ... <a title="Cook Islands PM calls for easing of tensions in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/02/cook-islands-pm-calls-for-easing-of-tensions-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands PM calls for easing of tensions in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As a three-day fact-finding mission from a group of Pacific leaders drew to a close in New Caledonia, and with the outcomes report not expected before next year, the visit to the riot-hit French Pacific territory seems to have triggered a new sense of awareness ... <a title="Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/31/forum-troikas-visit-highlights-value-of-regionalism-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor A three-day fact-finding mission, headed by three Pacific leaders, has wrapped up in Nouméa, and New Caledonia’s President Louis Mapou says the French territory is at a “turning point”. The semi-autonomous Pacific territory has been riddled with violent unrest since May. While tensions have reportedly eased for now, ... <a title="Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at ‘turning point’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/pacific-leaders-mission-to-noumea-mapou-says-new-caledonia-at-turning-point/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at ‘turning point’">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ troika, along with the Fiji’s prime minister, arrived in Kanaky New Caledonia at the weekend for a fact-finding mission on the French Pacific territory’s situation. The troika plus format involves the PIF’s previous, current and future chairs. They are mission ... <a title="Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/pacific-leaders-troika-begins-new-caledonia-fact-finding-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor A Kanak pastor from the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia, attending a Pacific solidarity forum in Aotearoa, says connecting with Pacific activists has given him the chance to feel hope again after months of riots in the French territory. Reverend Billy Wetewea told RNZ Pacific on the ... <a title="Kanak pastor advocates for ‘hope and ‘humanity’ as Pacific leaders visit New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/kanak-pastor-advocates-for-hope-and-humanity-as-pacific-leaders-visit-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pastor advocates for ‘hope and ‘humanity’ as Pacific leaders visit New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach to decolonisation by experts of the UN Human Rights Committee. The UN committee met this week in Geneva for France’s five-yearly human rights review with a focus on its Pacific ... <a title="UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/un-experts-alarmed-by-kanaky-new-caledonia-deaths-as-pacific-fact-finding-mission-readies/" aria-label="Read more about UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has “cleared the air” with the Fijian diaspora in Samoa over Fiji’s vote against the United Nations resolution on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People. He denied that Fiji — the only country to vote against the resolution — ... <a title="PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/pm-defends-fijis-un-ambush-vote-challenged-by-human-rights-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate">Read more</a>
