On Saturday the 5th of May at the Isle Theatre in Nouméa, Emmanuel Macron gave an address to wrap up his state visit to New Caledonia. These were the central points of a humble speech given by the President of the French Republic.
Read more "“France would no longer be the same without New Caledonia”"Thirty years ago, between the two rounds of presidential elections, a group of gendarmes were taken hostage in a cave on the island of Ouvéa. On the 5th of May 1988, an assault was launched. Operation Victor resulted in the deaths of nineteen Kanak militants and two French military personnel. In the lead up to […]
Read more "Paradise Lost: Ouvéa 1988"Today I decided to explore Nouméa’s colonial heritage by strolling along the Parcours du Faubourg. The Parcours is a walking trail which journeys past Nouméa’s oldest examples of colonial houses in the Faubourg Blanchot neighbourhood. In the early 1860’s this area was known as Artillery Valley. Colonists arriving from France to the new settlement of […]
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