A journalist who has been reporting on Pacific issues for more than 50 years says liberation 'must come' for Kanaky/New Caledonia.
Dr David Robie sailed on board Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior until it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand.
He has been arrested at gun point in New Caledonia.
The Asia Pacific Report editor told RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis France is 'torpedoing' any hopes of Kanaky independence.