Joey Tau Photo: RNZ Pacific / Lydia Lewis
A group of 32 civil society organisations is writing to the French President Emmanuel Macron calling on him to change his stance toward the indigenous Kanak people of New Caledonia.
The group said it strongly supports the call by the FLNKS and other pro-independence groups that only a non-violent response to the crisis will lead to a viable solution.
And it says President Macron must heed the call for an Eminent Persons Group to ensure the current crisis is resolved peacefully and impartiality is restored to the decolonisation process.
RNZ Pacific's Don Wiseman spoke with Joey Tau of PANG, the Pacific Network on Globalisation, which is one of the civil society bodies involved.
