French Polynesia

Independent nurses in French Polynesia have begun an indefinite strike because they say they have not been paid for several months.

French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has revised its statutes to change its procedure of dismissing members.

French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party is due to meet today reportedly to revise its internal statutes amidst widening party fractures.

Two former candidates for French Polynesia's seats in the French Senate have been ruled to be ineligible to stand for office.

French Polynesia has presented six containers of relief supplies to Vanuatu following the damage caused by Cyclone Pam last month.

A complaint has been lodged with the police in French Polynesia over an alleged phantom job at the territorial assembly, implicating three politicians, including the president, Edouard Fritch.

The prosecution in French Polynesia has decided against taking the OPT corruption case to France's highest court after the matter was thrown out over procedural errors last week.

France has agreed to give French Polynesia 13 million US dollars a year to help pay assistance to the poor through its RSPF fund.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has thrown out the OPT corruption case against eight defendants because of procedural errors by the prosecution.

The appeal court in French Polynesia is today expected to decide if the latest corruption trial of a former president, Gaston Flosse, should continue.

The pro-independence party in French Polynesia has failed to nominate a united candidacy for next month's election to the French Senate.

The defence in French Polynesia's OPT case says the attempt to try a former president, Gaston Flosse, for corruption should be abandoned because there is no basis to hold an appeal court sitting.

A fresh bid will be made in French Polynesia today to try a former president and a French executive over a long-running major corruption case involving the OPT telecommunications company.

The first candidates in French Polynesia for the two vacant seats in the French Senate have officially lodged their applications amid a row within the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party.

Tahiti has made it into the Guinness Book of Records with the largest band of ukulele players in the World. Audio

French Polynesia is already eying up what sports could be introduced if a bid to host the 2023 Pacific Games is successful.

French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has used his speech at the opening of the assembly session to lash out at rivals within his pro-autonomy camp.

The Oceania Cup Table Tennis Championship gets underway in Australia today.

French Polynesia has budgeted up to 150 million US dollars to host the 2023 Pacific Games.