Tag: Kanak independence
FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum
By Jan Kohout
New Caledonia’s Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) say they will tell the French Prime Minister of the Kanak people’s “sense...
Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia’s pro-independence Union Calédonian has proposed September 24 this year as the date by which an accord should be reached with France...
Archive: Fiji coup 2000: Guns and money [Profile]
The Fijian crisis is not about the rights of ordinary people, says veteran Pacific affairs journalist David Robie, it is about 'a Third World...
Blood on their Banner: Nationalist Struggles in the South Pacific (1989)
By David Robie
"The South Pacific is no longer pacific. Nationalist struggles against colonialism, indigenous claims for sovereignty, and superpower rivalry have turned it into...
Archive: Éloi Machoro knew his days were numbered
By David Robie in the New Zealand Times
Éloi Machoro was a marked man. Almost any day for the last few weeks could have been...