The Neglected New Caledonian Referendum

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Perhaps, as one commentator said, the NZ media's  neglect of New Caledonia is because it doesn't play rugby.

Or could it be because they don't speak English? Learning French  could be even harder than learning Maori— or correctly pronouncing the names of our Maori and Pasifika rugby players.  Not to mention learning one of the indigenous  Kanak's 21 languages!

Whatever. You could be excused if you did not know the country recently had a referendum on independence from France?