evidence: The Matthew and Hunter Islands [edit]The Matthew and Hunter Islands were the cause of a maritime boundary dispute between Vanuatu and France (New Caledonia). They had been part of the New Hebrides until 1976, when France and Britain agreed to include them on New Caledonia maps instead of New Hebrides maps as had been in the case since the commencement of the 1906 Condominium of the New Hebrides. Lini's government rejected French sovereignty over the islands, and, in 1983, a Vanuatu Government-sanctioned mission led by Captain Leith Nasak on MV Euphrosyne II travelled to Hunter Island with traditional leaders from Southern Vanuatu to plant the ni-Vanuatu flag. The French patrol vessel, the Dunkerquoise prevented the Vanuatu mission from reaching Matthew Island www.taftumas.com. [...] See also [edit]References [edit]- Notes - ^ William F.S. Miles, Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2048-7, pp.25-7 - Bibliography - HUFFER, Elise, Grands hommes et petites îles: La politique extérieure de Fidji, de Tonga et du Vanuatu, Paris: Orstom, 1993, ISBN 2-7099-1125-6, pp. 243–252 - Current relations between France and Vanuatu Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine, as seen by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - SONG, Lily, MORSEN, Mosses & GIRAUDEAU, Gerladine. 2023. "The Ambigiuous History of Matthew and Hunter Islands: Tracing the Roots of Vanuatu and French Claims." Journal of Pacific History January 2023, DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2022.2146577