French Polynesia

The French president Emmanuel Macron says he will endorse a bid by French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands to become a UNESCO World Heritage site.

France has sent a naval team to French Polynesia's Anuanurunga atoll to try to contain a possible oil spill from a stranded Chinese longliner.

An heir to the last queen of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands has asked the French president not to endorse the archipelago's bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage site.

French Polynesia's president has spoken out for mandatory vaccinations against Covid-19

Several thousand people in French Polynesia have joined a march demanding France own up to the damage caused by its nuclear weapons tests.

The French Polynesian president says Paris has for the first time conceded that it should compensate Tahiti's social security agency CPS for the medical costs caused by France's nuclear weapons tests.

More than 2'000 people in French Polynesia have joined a march in Papeete to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the first French nuclear weapons test in the Pacific.

A high-level roundtable on France's nuclear legacy in French Polynesia will be held in Paris later this week, aimed at 'turning the page' on the aftermath of the weapons tests.

Vaccines against Covid-19 in French Polynesia are being made available for children aged 12 and older.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says high-level talks on France's nuclear legacy due in Paris this month should be held at the United Nations in New York instead.

United Airlines will resume flights from San Francisco to Papeete this week - four months after France halted flights