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July 09, 2025

Paris talks discuss ‘associated state’ for New Caledonia w/ co-head of Maori and Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland Gordon Nanau: 9 July, 2025

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At a recent summit in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed a number of options for New Caledonia’s potential statehood, following island-wide unrest last year over voting reforms that led to 14 deaths.

One of the options proposed by Macron involved granting New Caledonia “associated statehood” status, where the island would be largely self-governing while still being linked to the French state.

Wednesday Wire Host Oto spoke with Gordon Nanau, co-head of Maori and Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland, about Macron’s proposal to grant New Caledonia associated state status, and what this would mean for the Island’s indigenous Kanak population who have largely been seeking independence from France.

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July 09, 2025

Paris talks discuss ‘associated state’ for New Caledonia w/ co-head of Maori and Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland Gordon Nanau: 9 July, 2025

6 minutes

One of the options proposed by Macron involved granting New Caledonia “associated statehood” status, where the island would be largely self-governing while still being linked to the French state.

...more