French Polynesia

The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira party says there has been electoral fraud in last weekend's French presidential election.

The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira says it has been encouraged by the support given to Marine Le Pen in last weekend's French presidential election.

French Polynesia's pro-independence party has confirmed its rift with France's Socialists as next month's election of a new French National Assembly nears.

A spokesperson for the new French President says there will be candidates for his En Marche party in New Caledonia who will stand in next month's elections of a new French National Assembly.

A representative for the new French President says it is not certain that his En Marche party will stand candidates in French Polynesia in next month's elections of a new French National Assembly.

French Pacific territories have all voted for Emmanuel Macron to become the next French president although his winning margin in New Caledonia was slim.

The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has called on Tahitians to rally behind Marine Le Pen in this weekend's French presidential election.

French investigators have reportedly opened a fresh probe into the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 Football World Cups with a focus on three officials, including the former head of Tahiti Football…

The main pro-independence party in New Caledonia has restated its call to boycott this year's French elections, saying it will instead focus on preparing next year's planned referendum on full…

A man in French Polynesia has been shot dead by a policeman mistakenly firing his gun instead of his taser.

French Polynesia's president says he won't join his precedessor's bid to go to the European Court of Human Rights after they were told to repay more than US$2 million misspent two decades ago.

French Polynesia's criminal court has given a jail sentence for tax fraud to the man who brought down Gaston Flosse.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has welcomed the low turnout in last weekend's first round of the French presidential election.

A former French Polynesian president wants to go to the European Court of Human Rights after being told to repay more than two million US dollars misspent under his rule.

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party has decided to back, Emmanuel Macron, in his bid to become the next French president.

Top politicians in French Polynesia, including the president, have been ordered to jointly repay $US2.1 million of public funds which they misused.

The French Pacific territories had some of the highest rates of abstention in today's presidential elections.

A former coach is tipping Tahiti to be among the top contenders at the Beach Soccer World Cup, which kicks off in the Bahamas this week.

French Polynesia's tourism authority says a recent spate of high-profile visits is some of the best PR they could have wished for.