Kanak flags lifted high at pro-independence rally in Nouméa, the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia. Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Lydia Lewis
A New Caledonia pro-independence group is disappointed New Zealand's foreign affairs minister was not more critical of France during the tenth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Japan.
The group wants New Zealand's view to be explicit in their support to the Kanak people, like the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham has more.