New Caledonia votes to stay with France, but it's a hollow victory that will only ratchet up tensions
- Written by David Robie, Associate Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology

“Loyalist” New Caledonians handed France the decisive victory in the third and final referendum on independence it wanted in Sunday’s vote.
But it was a hollow victory, with pro-independence Kanaks delivering Paris a massive rebuke for its three-decade decolonisation strategy.
The referendum is likely to be seen...