French Polynesia

The vice-president of French Polynesia, Nuihau Laurey, has accused the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party of using double standards by expelling him.

French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira party has expelled four senior members, including the vice-president and the mayor of Papeete.

French Polynesia says it wants to host the 2023 Pacific Games.

Several French Polynesian government ministers have sent a joint letter to their party leader, Gaston Flosse, advising him not to expel four members, including the vice-president, Nuihau Laurey.

There is continued tension within French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party as expulsions are about to be formalised.

The vice-president of French Polynesia, Nuihau Laurey, has been expelled from the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party for defying it by seeking a seat in the French Senate.

The vice-president of French Polynesia, Nuihau Laurey, says it would be regrettable if he was to be expelled from the ruling party for running for a seat in the French Senate.

The rifts within the French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party have deepened, with its leader poised to expel two senior members.

The prosecution in a trial of French Polynesia's disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, has requested a two-year jail sentence.

Reports from French Polynesia say a French soldier who was found dead at the beginning of the week while on leave in Tahiti died of what appears to be a rare form of malaria.

The prosecution in French Polynesia's espionage trial has requested a two-year jail sentence for the disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, for espionage and abuse of public funds.

The prosecution in French Polynesia's espionage trial has requested a one-year jail sentence for the disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, for invading the privacy of rival politicians…

French Polynesia's criminal court has been told that the surveillance by a defunct espionage service was only conducted in public and was therefore legal.

The trial has open in French Polynesia's criminal court of eight people for their involvement in a now defunct espionage service.

The French Polynesian government has called off tomorrow's planned aid flight for victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.

Divisions within French Polynesia's ruling party have deepened, with rival factions nominating different candidates for the May election of the territory's two members of the French Senate.

The criminal court in French Polynesia has heard the defamation case brought against two French journalists over a book and a 2013 article in the French newspaper, Le Monde.

The French Polynesian government wants to give Vanuatu cyclone victims 90,000 US dollars worth of materials.

The criminal court in French Polynesia has banned the mayor of Rangiroa from holding an office for a year as part of a sentence for corruption.

The French overseas minister, George Pau-Langevin says the 2010 nuclear compensation law needs to be revisited in view of the large number of claims.