Chappell, David2022-10-192022-10-192209-9557http://hdl.handle.net/1885/275616In December 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Caledonians were faced with a third referendum provided for by the Nouméa Accord. Part 1 of this In Brief miniseries covered that controversial vote, brought forward by President Macron, which was held despite a boycott by independence parties. The result was that 96.5 per cent of those who voted were against independence, yet 56 per cent of eligible voters abstained. Part 2 discusses the next phase in resolving New Caledonia’s political future. Can New Caledonians reach a new accord or revise the 1998 document? Also analysed is the role of Polynesian migrants, whose interests are represented by the Oceanian Awakening (OA) political party.Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Tradeapplication/pdfen-AUAuthor/s retain copyrightPacificOceaniaNew CaledoniaReferendumSovereigntySelf-determinationKanakDecolonisationIndependenceFrance2022-10-1910.25911/R9H4-G948