List of active separatist movements in Oceania

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Oceania. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:

1. They are active movements with living, active members.
2. They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).
3. They are the citizen/peoples of the conflict area.

Under each region listed is one or more of the following:

• De facto state: for regions with de facto autonomy from the government
• Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state
• Proposed autonomous area: for movements toward greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession
  • De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region
  • Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control
  • Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession
  • Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations (sometimes called terrorist organisations)
  • Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities
  • Ethnic/Ethno-religious/Racial/Regional/Religious group (s): for information on what group of people calls for change for each individual movement listed

Australia

 Australia

• Ethnic group: Australian
  • Proposed state Republic of Australia
  • Political parties: Australian Republican Movement, Australian Labor Party

• Ethnic group: Indigenous Australians
  • Proposed state: Various
  • Pressure groups: Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Murrawarri Republic

• Ethnic group: Torres Strait Islanders
  • Proposed state: Torres Strait Islands^[1][2][3]

• Ethnic group: NA
  • Proposed State Western Australia

Chile

•  Rapa Nui (Easter Island)^[4][5]
  • Ethnic group: Rapa Nui

Fiji

Rotuma

• Ethnic group: Rotuman
  • Purposed state: Rotuma

France

•  French Polynesia
  • Political party: Tavini Huiraatira
• Moorea
  • Proposed state: Republic of Hau Pakumoto^[6]
•  New Caledonia
  • Political party: Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (Caledonian Union, Party of Kanak Liberation), Kanak Socialist Liberation, Labour Party, Union of Pro-Independence Co-operation Committees, Renewed Caledonian Union
  • Proposed state: New Caledonia

Indonesia

Aceh

• Proposed state: Republic of Aceh
  • Militant organisation: Free Aceh Movement (negotiated peace with the Indonesian government in 2005, and now it is a civil movement, but the separatism still has supporters)

Kalimantan

• Proposed state: Kalimantan Borneo or  Malaysia^{[7][8][9][10]}
  • Pressure groups: Kalimantan Borneo Liberation Front

South Moluccas

• Proposed state: South Moluccas
  • Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
  • Advocacy group: Maluku Sovereignty Front

Minahasa^[11][12]

• Proposed state: Gerakan Kemerdekaan Minahasa

West Papua

• Proposed state: Republic of West Papua
• Militant organisation: Free Papua Movement

Riau

• Proposed state: Riau

Kiribati

• Banaba Island^[13]

New Zealand

• Māori people
  • Main article: Māori protest movement
  • Political parties: Māori Party, Mana Party
  • Proposed state: Republic of New Zealand

• South Island
  • Main article: South Island nationalism
  • Political parties: South Island Party, New Munster Party
  • Pressure groups: Cut the Cable, South Island First, Zealandia Independence Project
  • Militant organization: New Munster Liberation Army^[14]
  • Proposed state: New Munster, South Zealand
  • Proposed autonomous region: New Munster Province

• Nelson Province
  • Ethnic Group: Germans
  • Proposed autonomous area: Neuhannover (New Hannover)^[15]

Papua New Guinea

•  Bougainville (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
  • Political party: Bougainville Revolutionary Army^[16]
• Bougainville & Twin Kingdom of Papa'ala and Me'ekamui^[17]
  • Political group: Triune Government of Bougainville

United States

 Guam

• Ethnic group: Chamorro
  • Pressure movement: Chamorro Nation^[18]
  • Local Self-Government: Guam Commission on Self-Determination, now known as the Commission on Decolonization

Hawaii

• Ethnic group: Native Hawaiians
  • Pressure groups (s): Nation of Hawaiʻi (organization), Office of Hawaiian Affairs

 Northern Mariana Islands

• • Pressure Movement: Taotao Tano

 American Samoa

• Ethnic group: Samoans
  • Proposed State: Federal Republic of Samoa

Vanuatu

• Malekula
  • Proposed state: N'Makiaute
• Northern islands
  • Proposed state: Federation Na Griamel

See also

• List of active separatist movements
• List of historical separatist movements

References

Separatist movements per continent Current Africa North America South America Asia Europe Oceania Historical separatists movements