French Polynesia
French Polynesia dominates 1500m Va'a finals
French Polynesia dominates 1500m Vaa finals. Audio
Gold medals winners at Pacific Games
It was raining gold medals at the Pacific Games on Saturday for team Fiji and French Polynesia. Audio
Teahupoo confirmed as 2024 Olympic Games venue, but with a lighter tower
After weeks of controversy over potential environmental damages, French Polynesia's iconic site of Teahupoo confirmed as the 2024 Olympic Games surfing competitions venue.
French Polynesia’s Teahupoo 2024 Olympic Games site makes waves
French Polynesia's hosting of the 2024 Olympic Games surfing competitions, on the iconic site of Teahupoo, is at the centre of a double controversy, on both environmental and political fronts.
China wants direct air link with French Polynesia - Tahiti-based Consul
In a rare interview, China's Consul in French Polynesia, Tian Lixiao has told local media his country was in favour of a direct air link with Tahiti.
Paris-based US diplomat concludes French Pacific tour, stresses 'vital stakes' at play
Denise Campbell Bauer has concluded a one-week tour of the French Pacific, where she has held talks with key stakeholders.
Biologists in race against time to save endangered Pacific bird
A project has been established to save a rare French Polynesian bird from extinction.
Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table says activist
Anti Nuclear movements need to return to the table says activist. Audio
Moetai Brotherson in France for talks
French Polynesia's new president is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Oscar Temaru corruption conviction annulled
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has a clean record again after the appeal court in Tahiti annulled his 2019 conviction in the criminal court. Audio
French Polynesian politician Oscar Temaru acquitted in funding case
The appeal court in French Polynesia has acquitted the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and two others in the case of the funding of Radio Tefana.
Anti-nuclear group criticises France for 'downplaying' impact of tests
French Polynesia's anti-nuclear organisation Association 193 has criticised the latest French report about the impact of the French nuclear weapons tests.
Four women feature in new French Polynesian government
French Polynesia's newly-elected president Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women.
French Polynesia nuclear tests had minimal role in causing thyroid cancer - study
A new study on the impact of the French nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia has found that radiation from them had a minimal role in causing thyroid cancer.
No rush in French Polynesia for independence referendum
For French Polynesia's newly elected president Moetai Brotherson not independence from France but continued assistance to the victims of the flooding two weeks ago is the most urgent challenge. Audio
Moetai Brotherson elected president of French Polynesia
Moetai Brotherson of the pro-independence Tavini Huitraatira has been elected president of French Polynesia for a five-year term.
Pro-independence politician elected as French Polynesia's new assemby president
Antony Geros of the pro-independence Tavini Huitraatira party has been elected as the assembly president in French Polynesia.
French Polynesia's economy on a good path, Paris-based institute says
The French Polynesian economy has been given a positive assessment in the aftermath of the pandemic by the body issuing the French Pacific franc.
Disaster decree to be made after Tahiti village flooded
Cars have been swept out to sea and homes damaged after extensive flooding this week in the south Tahiti village of Teahupo'o.