French Polynesia

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.

Two people have been detained in French Polynesia after police discovered almost 400 cannabis plants.

French Polynesia's ruling party has spoken out against the pro-independence opposition's refusal to endorse Pacific Islands Forum membership.

Reports from French Polynesia say work to build a huge Chinese-owned fish farm on Hao atoll is to start in December.

French Polynesia's assembly has voted in favour of the territory becoming a full member of the Pacific Islands Forum.