New Caledonia celebrates Bastille Day and thinks about independence
Friday, July 20, 2018, 3:27 pm
In France’s most far-flung territory, New Caledonia, the Bastille Day celebrations this year were as normal, though technically at least, those might have been the last as the national day.
Lee Duffield who is in New Caledonia watching the lead-up to the referendum on independence set for 4 November, says a “yes” vote would overturn decades of deal-making and compromise.
It is the first of three articles.
A vote to clear the air on independence?
Sunday, July 22, 2018, 1:58 am
Reported by Lee Duffield
The long-awaited referendum in New Caledonia is approaching quickly.
In the final instalment of a three-part series, Lee Duffield in Noumea assesses some of the options and omens.