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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>
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June 1, 2024
RNZ Pacific New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says “calm wise heads” are needed to sort out the crisis in New Caledonia. A security force of more than 3000 personnel — more than half of them flown in from France — have returned to the capital Nouméa of the French territory to restore a sense ... <a title="NZ foreign minister Peters calls for ‘calm wise heads’ in New Caledonia crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/01/nz-foreign-minister-peters-calls-for-calm-wise-heads-in-new-caledonia-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about NZ foreign minister Peters calls for ‘calm wise heads’ in New Caledonia crisis">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Nouméa today under heavy security after pro-independence protests by indigenous Kanaks followed by rioting in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Speaking to a pool of journalists, he set as his top priority the return to peace with New Caledonia ... <a title="Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/macron-says-peace-calm-and-security-his-top-priority-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Tensly Sumbe Vanuatu’s Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo is urging every Ni-Vanuatu person living in New Caledonia to take part in the upcoming vote for the national referendum next Wednesday. He highlighted that the current situation in New Caledonia presented exceptional circumstances that could impact on people’s participation on polling day — May 29 — ... <a title="Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/vanuatu-minister-calls-for-referendum-voters-in-spite-of-noumea-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region since the 1970s says liberation “must come” for Kanaky/New Caledonia. Professor David Robie sailed on board Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior until it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand in July 1985 and wrote the book Eyes ... <a title="Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/liberation-for-new-caledonias-kanak-people-must-come-says-educator/" aria-label="Read more about Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
A New Zealand government plane is heading to New Caledonia to assist with bringing New Zealanders home. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today confirmed it was the first in a series of proposed flights. Peters said the flight would carry around 50 passengers with the most pressing needs from Nouméa to Auckland. Passengers for subsequent ... <a title="Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/plane-heading-for-new-caledonia-to-bring-nz-visitors-home/" aria-label="Read more about Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2024
NC La Première television reports on the clearing of barricades after a week of protests and rioting in the capital Nouméa. Video: NC 1ère TV By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk With New Caledonia about to enter its second week of deadly riots, French authorities have mounted a massive law enforcement operation ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/19/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-french-politics-rocked-as-leaders-plead-for-end/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: French politics rocked as leaders plead for end">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2024
Three people have now died in New Caledonia in the wake of pro-independence protests and escalating unrest. Charles Wea, a spokesperson for international relations in the New Caledonian territorial President’s office, confirmed the deaths to RNZ Pacific. The circumstances are unclear in the French territory’s third day of violence. France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said ... <a title="Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/15/three-dead-in-new-caledonia-amid-independence-electoral-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Three dead in New Caledonia amid independence, electoral unrest">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A group belonging to New Caledonia’s pro-independence movement, UNI (Union Nationale pour l’Indépendance), has released a communiqué saying they were “moved by and deplored the exactions and violence taking place“. UNI member of New Caledonia’s Northern provincial assembly Patricia Goa said the violent unrest “affects the ... <a title="New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/15/new-caledonia-unrest-pro-independence-calls-for-calm-to-preserve-peace/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence calls for calm ‘to preserve peace’">Read more</a>
