French Polynesia

French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition party has launched a petition for the right to sovereignty of the people of Maohi Nui.

Dozens of French Polynesians stranded in New Caledonia because of the Covid-19 pandemic fear they may not be able to return home this year.

Senior French Polynesian government ministers have met a consultant planning to set up a new regional airline.

More than 4100 people have arrived in French Polynesia since quarantine requirements were lifted two weeks ago.

A suspected Polish drug smuggler remanded in French Polynesia for two years has been authorised to leave the territory pending his trial.

Four doctors in French Polynesia have failed to get consent to prescribe the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition party says it will launch a petition demanding the right to sovereignty.

The Covid-19 crisis in French Polynesia has scuttled plans for the launch of a new domestic airline this year.

The French Polynesian assembly has approved an updated budget taking into account the measures adopted in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

French Polynesia's health minister has rejected an opposition call to make masks available for free.

A cable connecting four Polynesian countries has been readied for operation.

French Polynesia's opposition has asked the government to make masks available for free after it decided last week to make them compulsory on public transport.

The French Polynesian government has advised the owners of a stranded Chinese fishing vessel that it must offload its cargo in a way to protect the Arutua lagoon.

The French Polynesian government is considering using part of a site earlier earmarked for a massive tourism development to build a private medical clinic. The plot on Tahiti is part...

A Hawai'i-linked group in French Polynesia has moved to enthrone a king of its self-proclaimed kingdom.

A preliminary court ruling in French Polynesia has stopped the expulsion of a descendant of the Tahitian royal family from a land area in Puna'auia.

A Chinese fishing vessel which ran aground in French Polynesia four months ago remains stuck on the reef of Arutua atoll.

Reports from French Polynesia say some guesthouses won't accept travellers from outside the territory amid concern over the possible spread of Covid-19.

The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it has paid out $US30 million to victims of France's nuclear weapons test since 2010.