abstract:Kanak (formerly also Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. According to the 2009 census, they constitute 40.
Jean Wanabo, president of the Senat Coutumier which represents the indigenous Kanakpeople of New Caledonia, said the reef campaign was an important way in which his people could show the world what was happening in New Caledonia.