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In November 2025, France and Vanuatu concluded their first round of new formal negotiations, a bid to solve their longstanding territorial dispute over Umaenupne (Matthew) and Umaeneg/Leka (Hunter) islands (collectively “the MHIs”), two islets locate... [1]
Myth has charms that history lacks. History is stern, myth fanciful. History challenges the imagination, myth plays with it. Island myths come readily to an island country. Japan has many. [2]
AUCKLAND Due east of Australia, the Pacific island of New Caledonia is mulling a final break from France, ending a relationship lasting more than 150 years. [3]
TOKYO -- New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Friday that "more compromise" is needed to address the ongoing situation in New Caledonia during a speech, parts of which sparked a protest from a French diplomat in attendance. [4]
AUCKLAND -- Authorities on the Pacific island of New Caledonia suspended international flight services on Thursday amid unrest over plans by Brazilian mining company Vale to exit its operations there. [5]
AUCKLAND -- Voters in New Caledonia will vote "oui" or "non" for the third and final time Sunday on whether to "accede to full sovereignty and become independent" from France after more than 150 years as a colony. [6]
AUCKLAND -- New Caledonia, a mineral-rich French territory in the South Pacific, will hold a referendum on Sunday to decide on whether to become independent and shake off 167 years of colonial rule. [7]
AUCKLAND -- France's nickel-rich Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted Sunday against independence, but the result was indecisive due to a boycott by indigenous people who say the COVID pandemic stopped a fair vote. [8]
In November 2025, France and Vanuatu concluded their first round of new formal negotiations, a bid to solve their longstanding territorial dispute over Umaenupne (Matthew) and Umaeneg/Leka (Hunter) islands (collectively “the MHIs”), two islets locate
Myth has charms that history lacks. History is stern, myth fanciful. History challenges the imagination, myth plays with it. Island myths come readily to an island country. Japan has many.
AUCKLAND Due east of Australia, the Pacific island of New Caledonia is mulling a final break from France, ending a relationship lasting more than 150 years.
TOKYO -- New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Friday that "more compromise" is needed to address the ongoing situation in New Caledonia during a speech, parts of which sparked a protest from a French diplomat in attendance.
AUCKLAND -- Authorities on the Pacific island of New Caledonia suspended international flight services on Thursday amid unrest over plans by Brazilian mining company Vale to exit its operations there.
AUCKLAND -- Voters in New Caledonia will vote "oui" or "non" for the third and final time Sunday on whether to "accede to full sovereignty and become independent" from France after more than 150 years as a colony.
AUCKLAND -- New Caledonia, a mineral-rich French territory in the South Pacific, will hold a referendum on Sunday to decide on whether to become independent and shake off 167 years of colonial rule.
AUCKLAND -- France's nickel-rich Pacific territory of New Caledonia voted Sunday against independence, but the result was indecisive due to a boycott by indigenous people who say the COVID pandemic stopped a fair vote.
Stephanie Lawson is professor emeritus of politics and international relations at Macquarie University and is the author of the new book "Regional Politics in Oceania: From Colonialism and Cold War to the Pacific Century." OpinionPacific powers must
AUCKLAND -- Upheaval over voting rights in a mineral-rich French South Pacific territory is posing risks to French President Emmanuel Macron's vision for expanding his country's influence in the region.