New Caledonia flag, left, flying at the 22nd Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders meeting in Port Vila. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Kelvin Anthony
The Melanesian Spearhead Group has condemned France's handling of the U.N-mandated decolonization of New Caledonia calling it "illegitimate".
On the margins of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Japan the sub-regional group ramped up its opposition, slamming once again the way the third self-determination Referendum was conducted.
As RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis reports, the MSG wants a fourth referendum on independence
