French Polynesia

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.

The head of French Polynesia's Olympic Committee Tauhiti Nena has been relieved of all his positions with immediate effect.

A former French Polynesian court president is due to appear in the criminal court in Tahiti next week on charges of stealing historic documents.

French Polynesia's president says he wants the new French government to uphold funding commitments made by previous administrations.

Two doctors in French Polynesia have been fined $US5000 each by the criminal court for a brawl in the operating theatre.

French Polynesian leaders have again been told that the French nuclear compensation commission CIVEN will hopefully resume its work within one month.

A French Polynesian anti-nuclear group says it endorses a decision by both the biggest church and the political opposition to pursue France for alleged crimes against humanity.

The director general of the Forum Fisheries Agency says the French Pacific territories' inclusion in the Pacific Islands Forum should be seen as a positive for the management of the region's tuna.

France's ruling party has criticised the French Polynesian government for deferring debate about reforming the social security system until next year.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has heard two corruption cases involving the mayor of Tumara'a Cyril Tetuanui.

An updated Tahitian-French dictionary has been published in French Polynesia, adding a further 2300 words.

The Chinese company Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods says it will invest $US 1.5 billion in its planned fish farm on Hao atoll in French Polynesia.

Air Tahiti Nui has recorded a profit of almost $US22 million in the past financial year.

The French High Commissioner in French Polynesia says he has no budget to clean up a military base which has been returned to the township of Arue on Tahiti.