New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only discuss the territory's accession to full sovereignty in talks planned with France.
The joint position was adopted at the weekend at the Congress of the FLNKS and then a meeting involving other pro-independence parties - their first since last December's independence referendum.
RNZ Pacific senior journalist Walter Zweifel has been following developments.
Kia ora Walter so this is the most significant positioning we have seen from the pro-independence groups as a whole since the last referendum?
Five pro-independence politicians, who are members of the pro-independent Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), in the 11-member executive have resigned. Photo: AFP
