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Two Tahiti ministers on hold
Two of French Polynesia's new ministers have been found to be ineligible to hold their office for another six months.
Updated at 3:28 pm on 18 September 2014
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New govt in French Polynesia named
French Polynesia's new president has presented his government.
Updated at 2:32 pm on 17 September 2014
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Flosse stripped of his French Senate seat
France's constitutional court has stripped Gaston Flosse of his seat in the French Senate because of a corruption conviction.
Updated at 7:38 am on 17 September 2014
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Tuihani new French assembly president
French Polynesia's territorial assembly has elected Marcel Tuihani as new assembly president, defeating Antony Geros.
Updated at 9:16 am on 16 September 2014
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Tahiti to elect assembly president
French Polynesia's territorial assembly is today due to elect a successor to Edouard Fritch who quit the post of assembly president last week.
Updated at 5:50 am on 16 September 2014
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Complaint lodged in Tahiti over resort funding
French Polynesia's opposition says it is lodging a complaint with the public prosecutor over the use of public funds to get tenders for the Mahana Beach Resort on Tahiti.
Updated at 7:16 am on 15 September 2014
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Fritch elected as President of French Polynesia
French Polynesia's territorial assembly has elected Edouard Fritch as President to succeed Gaston Flosse.
Updated at 9:28 am on 13 September 2014
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French Polynesia to elect new president
French Polynesia's territorial assembly is due to meet this morning to elect a new president.
Updated at 5:11 am on 13 September 2014
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Two more Tahiti candidates in French Senate race
French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition has named its candidates for the election of the territory's two seats in the French Senate.
Updated at 1:36 pm on 12 September 2014
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Tahiti's Flosse faces Senate removal process
The French justice minister has initiated the process to strip French Polynesia's Gaston Flosse of his seat in the French Senate.
Updated at 12:20 pm on 11 September 2014
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Fritch nominated for Tahiti presidency
A meeting of French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira has confirmed that its candidate to succeed Gaston Flosse as president will be Edouard Fritch.
Updated at 1:40 pm on 10 September 2014
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Tahiti's Flosse keeps Senate seat despite conviction
French Polynesia's deposed president, Gaston Flosse, will remain a member of the French Senate until his term expires at the end of the month.
Updated at 10:01 am on 10 September 2014
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Tahiti's Flosse criticised over comments
The leader of French Polynesia's opposition Atia Porinetia Party has hit back at the ousted president, Gaston Flosse, who described the party as comatose.
Updated at 3:44 pm on 9 September 2014
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Dumped Pacific leader blames Hollande
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has accused the French President Francois Hollande of weakness for not pardoning him after his conviction for massive corruption.
Updated at 6:21 pm on 8 September 2014
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Shock over Tahiti's Flosse removal from office
French Polynesia's ruling party is in shock after its leader Gaston Flosse was removed from the president's post over his conviction for corruption.
Updated at 12:29 pm on 8 September 2014
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Tahiti's Flosse removed from office
French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, has quit his office after failing to get a presidential pardon from Francois Hollande for his corruption conviction.
Updated at 5:41 pm on 6 September 2014
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Tahiti's Flosse fails to get pardon - report
Public radio in French Polynesia says the territory's president, Gaston Flosse, has failed to get a presidential pardon from Francois Hollande and is about to lose office.
Updated at 2:09 pm on 6 September 2014
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Flosse in fresh bid to escape Tahiti court sentence
French Polynesia's president Gaston Flosse is poised to lodge another bid to stay in office after an unsuccessful appeal to have a sentence for corruption wiped.
Updated at 9:43 am on 6 September 2014
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Petanque champs in Tahiti deferred because of ebola fears
The International Petanque Federation has deferred the world championship due to be held in Tahiti next month because of the ebola outbreak in Africa.
Updated at 1:48 pm on 5 September 2014
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Flosse appeal fails, likely to lose office
An appeal by French Polynesia's President Gaston Flosse to have a sentence for corruption wiped has been rejected, and he is now likely to lose office.
Updated at 8:12 am on 5 September 2014
