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May 27, 2024 | News
Kanak independence dream keeps burning
An authority on New Caledonia says France needs to realise the Kanak people will never give up the fight for independence.
April 13, 2026
May 27, 2024 | News
Cost of colonisation high for Kanaky
Māori commentator Shane Te Pou says the Kanak people of New Caledonia don't want to see their vote diluted like the Māori.
May 23, 2024 | News
French betrayal triggers Kanak youth rebellion
A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jesse Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and betrayal at the way France is attempting to snuff out any prospect of independence for its Pacific territory.
May 21, 2024 | News
Māori support for Kanak independence
A Māori supporter of Pacific independence movements says the French government gas constructed the crisis in New Caledonia by pushing the Indigenous Kanak population to the edge.
May 16, 2024 | News
Peters skips New Caledonia uprising
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has expressed grave concern about the unrest in New Caledonia.
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