French Polynesia

The public prosecutor in French Polynesia has refused to receive the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru who today began an indefinite hunger strike over his treatment by the French judiciary.

Air France has announced that it will resume flights to French Polynesia on 8 July after a three-month interruption because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

French Polynesia will open its borders for international travellers in mid-July.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says he will start an indefinite hunger strike over his treatment by the French judiciary.

Air Tahiti Nui says it will offer promotional fares when French Polynesia next month becomes the first South Pacific tourist destination to reopen its borders after the Covid-19 outbreak.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says the public prosecutor has seized $US100,000 from his private bank account.

A senior French Polynesian politician Nuihau Laurey has quit the ruling Tapura Huiraatira party as foreshadowed last month.

French Polynesia's largest church has asked Paris to suspend the rotation of officials from France for a year to reduce the risk of more Covid-19 cases being imported.

The law has again tightened for those seeking compensation for ill health caused by nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia.

Hotel professionals in French Polynesia have warned that excessive protection measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic will kill tourism.

The French Senate has changed its position on a proposed law which would tighten the criteria for those seeking compensation for ill health because of the nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has expressed interest in having direct flights from China to tap into its tourist market.

A French Polynesian baby rushed to Auckland for urgent surgery three weeks ago has died.

The French Polynesian government says most homeless people sheltered in Tahiti during the Covid-19 lockdown have opted to move back to living in the street.

An Ecuadorian fishing vessel with a Covid-19 positive crew has left French Polynesia's waters.

An Air Tahiti Nui aircraft has flown medical supplies from China to Fiji as part of a Pacific Islands Forum relief effort amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.

A ceremony has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 18th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the Tuamotus.

Another 152 people have been flown to French Polynesia on a French government-sponsored relief flight from Paris.