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Tahiti's Tahoeraa stands to lose more members
French Polynesia's formerly dominant Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party is poised to lose more members after already being weakened by a split.
Updated at 7:44 am on 14 July 2017
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France reconsiders compensation bids by nuclear test veterans
French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans have been given fresh hope that France will at last compensate them for the poor health caused by the weapons tests.
Updated at 4:49 am on 6 July 2017
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French Polynesia marks Autonomy Day
French Polynesia is marking today's Autonomy Day with festivities in Papeete which organisers regard as an opportunity to showcase the community and its activities.
Updated at 7:45 am on 30 June 2017
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Tahiti's Tahoeraa in alleged breach of funding law
A leaked letter in French Polynesia suggests the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party of Gaston Flosse is in breach of party financing rules.
Updated at 3:47 pm on 14 June 2017
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Tuihani blames Tahiti's Flosse for resignation
French Polynesia's assembly president says he resigned from the Tahoeraa Huiraatira party because of its leader Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 2:29 pm on 9 June 2017
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Iriti gets top role in Tahiti's Tahoeraa
French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party has chosen Teura Iriti as its new leader in the assembly.
Updated at 2:55 pm on 8 June 2017
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Top politician of Tahiti's Tahoeraa Marcel Tuihani quits party
The president of the French Polynesian assembly Marcel Tuihani has reportedly quit the Tahoeraa Huiraatira party led by Gaston Flosse over policy differences.
Updated at 2:06 pm on 7 June 2017
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Fraud claims rejected by Tahit's ruling party
French Polynesia's ruling party has strongly rejected claims of electoral fraud made by the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party's leader.
Updated at 11:31 am on 12 May 2017
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Fraud alleged in Tahiti in French election
The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party says there has been electoral fraud in last weekend's French presidential election.
Updated at 1:10 pm on 11 May 2017
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Flosse claims Le Pen's Tahiti votes
The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira says it has been encouraged by the support given to Marine Le Pen in last weekend's French presidential election.
Updated at 9:12 am on 11 May 2017
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Tahiti's Flosse backs Le Pen
The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has called on Tahitians to rally behind Marine Le Pen in this weekend's French presidential election.
Updated at 7:46 pm on 2 May 2017
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French Polynesia president to repay public money
French Polynesia's president says he won't join his precedessor's bid to go to the European Court of Human Rights after they were told to repay more than US$2 million misspent two decades ago.
Updated at 6:21 pm on 29 April 2017
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Jail sentence for Tahiti's Conroy
French Polynesia's criminal court has given a jail sentence for tax fraud to the man who brought down Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 3:26 pm on 28 April 2017
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Temaru hails low voter turnout in Tahiti
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has welcomed the low turnout in last weekend's first round of the French presidential election.
Updated at 5:16 am on 28 April 2017
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Flosse takes Tahiti repayment case to Europe
A former French Polynesian president wants to go to the European Court of Human Rights after being told to repay more than two million US dollars misspent under his rule.
Updated at 7:57 pm on 27 April 2017
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Top Tahiti politicians ordered to repay diverted funds
Top politicians in French Polynesia, including the president, have been ordered to jointly repay $US2.1 million of public funds which they misused.
Updated at 6:03 pm on 26 April 2017
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Emmanuel Macron outlines Tahiti policies
A top candidate for the French presidency Emmanuel Macron has released policies for French Polynesia where none of the main parties endorse his bid to succeed Francois Hollande.
Updated at 2:51 pm on 13 April 2017
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Fillon objects to Tahiti changing status
A proposal to turn French Polynesia into an associate state of France is being opposed by French presidential candidate Francois Fillon.
Updated at 4:53 pm on 10 April 2017
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Le Pen thanks French Polynesian party for campaign support
France's National Front leader, Marine Le Pen has expressed her appreciation for the support given to her by French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party.
Updated at 5:18 pm on 5 April 2017
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Tahiti broadcaster rejects Flosse attack
French Polynesia's broadcaster has issued a statement to support a journalist whom a leading political figure demanded to be sacked.
Updated at 3:53 pm on 27 March 2017