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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…

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…

French Polynesia's ruling party has defended hiring French people for top positions after being accused of bypassing locals. The Tahoeraa Huiraatira says it has made the choice to hire competent...

The French Polynesian government leaders have met French ministers in Paris but failed in their attempts to get firm assurances for additional financial support. The French Polynesian president…

The French Polynesian assembly has approved a change to the public sector remuneration grid to allow for a monthly salary of just over 21,000 US dollars for a new high-profile...

A new high-profile advisor of the French Polynesian government, Brigitte Girardin, has revealed that she has no contract yet and says claims about her salary are wrong. The former French...

The French Polynesian government has reacted angrily to a televised opposition claim that a new French advisor is being paid 27,000 US dollars a month. The claim was made by...

French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, has warned that it would be a catastrophe if the indexed salaries of French public servants in Tahiti were to be reduced. Such a cut...

A Palmerston North tribe says it understands the Crown is delaying settling claim with a local urban authority.

Young women and underage girls forced into marriage will now have better support from the government, after several agencies agreed on a co-ordinated response to help them. Audio

Descendants of a Manawatu tribe say they had to hassle the Government for a meeting to press their case for the Crown to not prematurely settle a Waitangi Treaty claim with an urban authority.

The Crown is standing by its decision to resolve Treaty claims with a Maori urban authority rather than an iwi.

Some members of Rangitane in Palmerston North say they will do everything they can to protect the rangatiratanga of their tribe.

A Palmerston North tribe is threatening to take court action if the Crown settles Treaty claims with a local urban authority.

A French satirical magazine has published nude cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, a move that could further inflame tensions following violent protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islam film.

The highest court in France has rejected an appeal by the former head of French Polynesia's tourism promotion agency, Brigitte Vanizette. It upheld the one-year suspended prison sentence and…

Environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says its harassment of whalers in the Southern Ocean has resulted in another unprofitable season for the Japanese.

The manager of the French presidential campaign of Dominique de Villepin says he is in favour of the absolute respect of New Caledonia's Noumea Accord. The undertaking was made in...

The captain of the Sea Shepherd conservation group's vessel Steve Irwin, says his boat and the damaged Brigitte Bardot have been followed on their journey to Western Australia by a Japanese security…

Sea Shepherd says one of its anti-whaling vessels, which became damaged in the Southern Ocean, is now being escorted to Western Australia for repairs.

The anti-whaling group, Sea Shepherd, is confident it has enough to time to reach one of its boats, which is in distress in the Southern Ocean off Western Australia.

Prime Minister John Key has revealed details of the Government's earthquake support package for Christchurch businesses and workers. Audio