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Chinese investors talk up transport, agriculture deals in French Polynesia
Chinese investors say they are ready for large-scale deals with French Polynesia in the area of transport and agriculture, reportedly with funding support from China's Development Bank. A business delegation...
Updated at 6:40 am on 14 October 2013
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Tahiti leaders restate criticism of nuclear test compensation law
The president of French Polynesia's territorial assembly says the 2010 French nuclear test compensation law is not working, echoing the findings of a fresh French senate report on the issue.
Updated at 2:50 pm on 8 October 2013
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Disagreement over end of tax exemptions for French Polynesian hotel developments
A public disagreement has erupted in French Polynesia over its Paris-based representative Brigitte Girardin's call to end tax exemption for hotel developments. However the French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, says...
Updated at 6:00 pm on 7 October 2013
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Tahiti's Flosse won't seek re-election to French Senate
French Polynesia's veteran politician, Gaston Flosse, says he won't seek re-election to the French Senate next year. Mr Flosse, who is 82, made the announcement in the French Polynesian assembly.
Updated at 4:08 pm on 4 October 2013
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French Polynesia leader assured of nuclear safety at Moruroa
The French Polynesian president, Gaston Flosse, says he has been assured by the French authorities that there is no risk of radioactive leaks at the former French nuclear weapons test...
Updated at 4:24 pm on 3 October 2013
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French Polynesia leadership split over hotel tax exemption calls
A public disagreement has erupted in French Polynesia over its Paris-based representative's call to end tax exemption for hotel developments. Brigitte Girardin, who is a former French government minister, is...
Updated at 2:40 pm on 1 October 2013
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Flosse to face defamation case by French Polynesia historian
A leading French Polynesian historian says he plans to take a defamation case against the president, Gaston Flosse, after his comments on public television. Jean-Marc Regnault has taken exception to...
Updated at 1:23 pm on 10 September 2013
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Flosse appeal case may be moved from French Polynesia
Press reports from French Polynesia say the prosecutor at France's highest court appears to be in favour of moving the court of appeal case of the president Gaston Flosse away...
Updated at 1:27 pm on 9 September 2013
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Boycott threat over UN role in French Polynesia decolonisation
The French Polynesian president, Gaston Flosse, has warned that his party will call for a boycott should a self-determination referendum be organised under the auspices of the United Nations. Speaking...
Updated at 1:16 pm on 5 September 2013
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Tahiti call for Forum committee on climate refugees
The French Polynesian government has proposed that the Pacific Islands Forum set up a permanent committee to look at the possible displacement of people because of sea-level rise. Its president,...
Updated at 6:22 pm on 4 September 2013
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French Polynesia confident of setting referendum date by year end
The leader of the French Polynesia Assembly says a date for a referendum on independence could be set by the end of the year. Edouard Fritch says President Gaston Flosse...
Updated at 7:08 pm on 2 September 2013
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French Polynesia's Fritch wants domestic issues kept out of Forum
The leader of French Polynesia's territorial assembly says it's a pity the territory's domestic issues have come up in relation to this week's Pacific Islands Forum. Edouard Fritch was responding...
Updated at 3:17 pm on 2 September 2013
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Polynesian leaders resolve to increase seasonal workers' quotas
The Polynesian Leaders Group has resolved to push to increase quotas of seasonal workers in Australia and New Zealand. The group met in Auckland on Friday for their third annual...
Updated at 7:02 am on 2 September 2013
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Polynesian leaders want to push for higher seasonal worker quotas
The Polynesian Leaders Group has resolved to push to increase quotas of seasonal workers in Australia and New Zealand. The group met in Auckland on Friday for their third annual...
Updated at 7:02 am on 2 September 2013
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Cooks leaders says regional groups good for Pacific
Polynesian leaders met in Auckland Friday morning for the third Polynesian Leaders Group meeting. The chairman of the PLG and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Henry Puna, officially handed...
Updated at 10:37 am on 31 August 2013
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French Polynesians stunned at airline chief's appointment
The public in French Polynesia has been stunned by the announcement that a retired French high commissioner is set to return to run the territory's domestic airline. The job was...
Updated at 5:28 pm on 30 August 2013
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Polynesian leaders meet in Auckland ahead of Forum summit
The Polynesian Leaders Group is today holding its annual meeting in Auckland just before they all head off to the summit of Pacific leaders in Majuro. The countries represented are...
Updated at 5:27 pm on 30 August 2013
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French Polynesia proposes global fund for climate change refugees
French Polynesia's assembly wants a global fund to be set up to help climate change refugees in the Pacific. A resolution to that has been approved and will be taken...
Updated at 5:02 pm on 30 August 2013
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Cooks keen to invest in French Polynesia, says Flosse
The French Polynesian government says it has been told by the Cook Islands prime minister, Henry Puna, that there many private investors in his country keen to invest in French...
Updated at 1:21 pm on 30 August 2013
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Tahiti's Temaru drops Forum travel plan
French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition politician, Oscar Temaru, has reversed his decision to go to next week's Pacific Islands Forum meeting in the Marshall Islands. He had planned to go to...
Updated at 10:44 am on 29 August 2013
