Two parties of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement have restated their intention to attain the territory's decolonisation from France after last December's referendum loss.
The Palika and the Caledonian Union held their first key meetings since the plebiscite over the weekend after the Covid-19 outbreak forced the cancellation of their planned gatherings in January.
The FLNKS doesn't recognise the referendum result, which showed 96.5 percent voted against independence.
RNZ Pacific senior reporter Walter Zweifel has been following developments in New Caledonia.
Kanak independence supporters wave flags of the Socialist Kanak National Liberation Front (FLNKS) after the referendum on independence on the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia in Noumea on October 4, 2020. (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP) Photo: AFP or licensors
