French Polynesia

The leader of French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party Oscar Temaru has walked out of the last televised pre-election debate.

A team from the Pacific Islands Forum has arrived in Papeete to observe the second round of voting in French Polynesia's elections.

There are claims of foul play in French Polynesia's territorial election which have prompted calls to cancel last month's first round on one island.

A complaint has been lodged in Paris asking for French Polynesia's election on the island of Huahine to be annulled.

French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party says there have been a number of irregularities on part of the ruling Tapura Huiraatira in the first round of voting for a new territorial assembly and…

The war of words has continued in French Polynesia over coalition talks by the two parties which came second and third in last weekend's first round of the election.

French Polynesia's two veteran leaders Oscar Temaru and Gaston Flosse have confirmed that they discussed a possible alliance for the second round of the territorial election.

An agreement has been signed in French Polynesia allowing the Chinese consulate to stay on in its current premises in Tahiti until the end of August.

The leader of French Polynesia's pro-independence party has ruled out entering into a coalition for the second round of the territorial election.

The leader of French Polynesia's Tapura Huiraatira Party says the two other parties left to contest the second round of the territorial election will form a coalition to push for independence.

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party has been the winner in the first round of the territorial election, securing 43 percent of the vote.

Voters have been going to the polls in French Polynesia today in the first round of the election to choose a new 57-member territorial assembly.

A New Zealand government minister has criticised moves by China's lawyer in French Polynesia to try to silence a local woman in a dispute with Beijing diplomats.

Voters in French Polynesia go to the polls today to elect a new territorial assembly for a five-year term.

Campaigning in French Polynesia's territorial election will end at midnight to allow for a one-day pause before the polls open.

A French Polynesian woman in a dispute with Chinese diplomats in Tahiti says she has been asked by their lawyer to stop making public accusations on Facebook and in the media.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has again admitted his weakness in believing in what he says was the dogma of the clean French nuclear bomb.