French Polynesia

Several days of searching have failed to recover the Swiss yachtsman Laurent Bourgnon who went missing last week while diving in French Polynesia.

Swiss yachtsman Laurent Bourgnon has been declared missing while diving off the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has been found guilty of abusing public funds but acquitted of violating privacy in a long-running espionage case against him.

French Polynesia's appeal court has rejected a bid by the mayor of Papara to be relieved of the punishment given over the phantom job affair.

There has been a stand-off at French Polynesia's prison where four inmates climbed on top a eight-metre high wall.

Prosecutors in French Polynesia have dropped charges against the president of the territorial assembly, Marcel Tuihani, laid in connection with the alleged theft of china by the disgraced former…

A former top politician in French Polynesia, Emile Vernaudon, has been given a suspended three-year prison sentence for abusing public funds in a questionable land deal a decade ago.

Ten human skulls collected in the 1800s in French Polynesia have been returned to members of a Polynesian group at a ceremony in Sweden.

A French Polynesian delegation has launched its one-week visit to China with a promotional push of the territory as a tourism destination. A French Polynesian delegation has launched its one-week...

French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, and two of his ministers have flown to China for an official visit.

Police in French Polynesia have questioned the former head of Tahiti Football, Reynald Temarii, two weeks after FIFA banned him for eight years over a controversial payment.

The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, says he won't resign from the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party despite him being its only member in government.

The French Polynesian president, Edouard Fritch, has added the leader of the opposition Atia Porinetia party, Teva Rohfritsch, to his ministerial line-up.

A researcher at the University of Sydney says preserving indigenous languages is good for people's health.

The public prosecutor in French Polynesia has called for a suspended two-year prison sentence for a former top politician, Hiro Tefaarere, for an alleged attempt to misuse public funds.

The former Tahiti beach soccer coach says the team has failed to capitalise on their success at the last World Cup.

The Argentina Under 20 football team is to play two matches in Tahiti before arriving in New Zealand for the World Cup.