French Polynesia

Hundreds of kilos of poached turtle meat has been seized in French Polynesia.

A French Polynesian member of the French Senate has flown to Saint Martin in the Caribbean to help assess the damage caused by Hurricane Irma earlier this month.

French Polynesia's president has used his powers to strike off a doctor at Tahiti's public hospital because of a drug conviction.

The French Polynesian government has taken issue with the defence arguments in a trial this week of a man convicted and jailed for 12-years for beating his wife to death.

The French Polynesia body looking at the aftermath of nuclear weapons tests by France has held its first meeting since the death of Bruno Barrillot earlier this year.

A former bailiff in French Polynesia has been detained for alleged drug trafficking.

A senior French government representative has praised French Polynesia for its efforts to produce renewable energy.

France's top administrative court is being advised to reject a nuclear compensation claim lodged by French Polynesia's social welfare agency.

The process to compensate Tahiti's victims of France's nuclear weapons tests is expected to resume by the end of the month.

French Polynesia's pro-independence party has held a rally urging France to respect United Nations resolutions.

Former president of French Polynesia and leader of the pro-independence movement, Oscar Temaru, was a surprise observer at the 48th Pacific Islands Forum summit in Apia last week.

Another French Polynesian assembly member has decided to quit the once dominant anti-independence Tahoeraa Huiraatira party of Gaston Flosse.

Four people detained in French Polynesia following a drug seizure have been charged with drug trafficking and remanded in prison.

Ten customs officials in French Polynesia have been given suspended jail sentences of up to three years for corruption.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has given suspended 18-month jail sentences to two high profile figures for abusing public funds in a questionable land deal a decade ago.

A former president of a French Polynesian court has been spared a trial because of the statute of limitations.

One of the doctors in French Polynesia convicted and fined over a brawl in an operating theatre has lodged an appeal.

There is again speculation in French Polynesia that the formerly dominant Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party is about to lose another assembly member.

A passenger arriving in French Polynesia from Los Angeles has been detained with 1.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamines in his baggage.