French Polynesia's biggest church has chosen Francois Pihaatae as its new president for a four-year term.
Francois Pihaatae Photo: Pacific Islands News Association
He replaces Taaroanui Maraea, who after 16 years at the helm of the Protestant Maohi church is going into teaching.
Reverend Pihaatae has been the general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches.
The United Nations has been called out on its silence over the decolonisation process in French Polynesia.
French Polynesia's main church says it wants the United Nations Human Rights Council to look at the legacy of France's nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific.
The Pacific Conference of Churches says it was unimpressed by comments made by Indonesian officials at the recent Pacific Island Forum Leaders' Summit in Apia.
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