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June 17, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The national congress of New Caledonia’s pro-independence platform, the FLNKS, was postponed at the weekend due to major differences between its hard-line component and its more moderate parties. The FLNKS is the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front. It consists of several pro-independence parties, including the Kanak ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: FLNKS congress postponed due to splits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-flnks-congress-postponed-due-to-splits/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: FLNKS congress postponed due to splits">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2024
BenarNews staff Fiji and Papua New Guinea have urged the UN’s Decolonisation Committee to expedite a visit to the French-controlled Pacific territory of Kanaky New Caledonia following its pro-independence riots last month. Nine people have died, dozens were injured and businesses were torched during unrest in the capital Noumea triggered by the French government’s move ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/13/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-fiji-png-call-for-un-decolonisation-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called on France to drop the “limbo” proposed law on electoral changes in Kanaky New Caledonia opposed by the indigenous pro-independence movement and restore the path to peace and self-determination. General secretary Reverend James Bhagwan made the call at the UN Committee of 24 meeting ... <a title="Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’ to restore peace in Kanaky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/11/pacific-churches-call-at-un-for-france-to-drop-limbo-law-to-restore-peace-in-kanaky/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’ to restore peace in Kanaky">Read more</a>
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June 11, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron’s surprise dissolution of the National Assembly and call for snap general elections on June 30 and July 7 has implications for New Caledonia. Grave civil unrest and rioting broke out on May 13 in reaction to a controversial constitutional amendment, directly ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with French snap election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/11/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-what-happens-to-limbo-law-change-with-french-snap-election/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with French snap election?">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory’s political deadlock, has called a snap election following the decisive victory of the rightwing bloc among French members of the European Parliament. Don Wiseman reports. By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A ... <a title="History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but growing Pacific solidarity, says Tau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/history-replaying-itself-in-kanaky-but-growing-pacific-solidarity-says-tau/" aria-label="Read more about History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but growing Pacific solidarity, says Tau">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A “dialogue mission” set up by French President Emmanuel Macron when he visited New Caledonia last month has reportedly left the French Pacific territory. The “mediation and work” mission consists of three high-level public servants — Eric Thiers, Frédéric Potier and Rémi Bastille — who have ... <a title="Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/macrons-dialogue-mission-takes-a-break-from-unrest-ridden-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Kanak people in Aotearoa New Zealand are lamenting the loss of family and friends in Kanaky New Caledonia, following mass rioting and civil unrest since mid-May prompted by an electoral reform believed to threaten dilution of the indigenous voice. A fono (meeting) at Māngere East Community ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-people-of-palestine-and-kanaks-are-in-the-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People in Kanaky New Caledonia are disappointed that the riots last month are now being overshadowed by the Parliament elections and the Olympic Games. New Caledonia High Commissioner Louis Le Franc said the European elections tomorrow will take place, despite some local municipalities indicating that they are experiencing difficulties. ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/08/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-nobody-talks-about-whats-happening-here-anymore/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific regional network has deplored what they call increasing brutality on Kanak youth in Kanaky New Caledonia and the deployment of thousands of troops. New Caledonia has experienced a wave of violence with Nouméa the scene of riots, blockades, looting and deadly clashes since mid-May. France has sent ... <a title="Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/force-not-the-answer-in-kanaky-new-caledonia-says-pang/" aria-label="Read more about Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The president and board of the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia has appealed in an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron to scrap the constitutional procedure to “unfreeze” the electorate, and to complete the “decolonisation project” initiated by the Nouméa Accords. “If anyone can help us roll back the tombstone ... <a title="Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete decolonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/07/open-letter-to-president-macron-end-kanak-vote-unfreezing-and-complete-decolonisation/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete decolonisation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and stubborn political manoeuvring to derail the process towards self-determination in my homeland. The deadly riots that erupted two weeks ago in the capital, Nouméa, were sparked by an electoral reform ... <a title="Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/jimmy-naouna-macrons-handling-of-kanaky-new-caledonia-isnt-working-we-need-a-new-way/" aria-label="Read more about Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal — state of the art armoured vehicles with machine guns, flown in from France to take control of the law and order situation following the violent unrest. The state of emergency was lifted in the territory last ... <a title="France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/france-sends-armoured-vehicles-with-machine-gun-capability-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
