Tag: France in Pacific
Iconic peace researcher Owen Wilkes exposed global covert military activity and inspired NZ’s nuclear-free status
REVIEW: By Ken Mansell
The recent publication of a book of essays honouring the life of legendary New Zealand peace researcher and activist Owen Wilkes...
The French Revolution executed royals and nobles, yes – but most people killed were commoners
ANALYSIS: By Claire Rioult and Romain Fathi
For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led...
Time for France to grant New Caledonia independence, says Wamytan
Asia Pacific Report
Kanaky New Caledonia’s parliamentary President (speaker) Roch Wamytan says it is time for France to end colonisation in the Pacific territory.
Speaking to...
French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades later
By Jimmy Ellingham
Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia.
The crew of HMNZS Otago, and...
UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence
By David Robie
New Caledonia’s Kanak national liberation movement has told the UN Decolonisation Committee that France has “robbed” the indigenous people of their independence...
‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia’s new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris...