French Polynesia

The French Polynesian printing shop used to produce the territory's free daily paper says it has no intention of hiring staff from the rival newspaper La Depeche de Tahiti.

France's highest court has cleared the way for a trial of airline and aviation officials accused of involuntary homicide over a plane crash in French Polynesia.

Talks have resumed in French Polynesia between Air France and its striking Tahiti-based flight attendants.

A wall at French Polynesia's UNESCO World Heritage site has collapsed.

French Polynesia's assembly president Marcel Tuihani has been rebuked by France's ruling party for seeking a meeting with one of its top leaders in France.

An area off Bora Bora in French Polynesia has been closed off to allow for the destruction of nine shells from the Second World War.

The president of the French Polynesian assembly Marcel Tuihani says he will announce the name of his new party on 15th January.

Air France has replaced more of its Tahiti flights with a Portuguese carrier because of strike action.

Reports from French Polynesia say United Airlines plans to launch flights to Tahiti next September.

French Polynesia's pro-independence politician Oscar Temaru has written an open letter to the French president Emmanuel Macron, asking France to return the airport of Tahiti.

A Portuguese plane has been brought into French Polynesia to fly Air France passengers from and to Los Angeles.

A court in French Polynesia has rejected a bid by Air France which challenged the legality of a strike of its flight attendants.

The president of the French Polynesian assembly Marcel Tuihani has announced he will form a new political party.

An American tourist and two local men have been jailed in French Polynesia for importing methamphetamine from the United States.

Reports from French Polynesia say earthworks for the huge Mahana Beach project appear to have been done illegally.

Air France says because of strike action it will again lease a plane of Air Tahiti Nui for today's flight to Los Angeles.

Reports from French Polynesia say Air France is considering suspending flights to Tahiti because of strike action.

An amendment by a French Polynesian politician Maina Sage has reinstated the payment of Green Fund contributions for French overseas territories for 2018.