French Polynesia

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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.

Three divers have died in French Polynesia in an underwater cave at about 60 metres' depth.

Poemoana Teriinohorai says that for Tahitians dance is more than just basic steps or movements - "we express ourselves through dance, we represent our ancestors and our culture". Video

French Polynesia's largest commune is rebelling against a perceived lack of support from the territorial government and the French state.

Former US President Barack Obama has left French Polynesia after a month-long stay.

Tahiti have won the beach soccer Pilsener Cup against El Salvador.

A French Polynesian court has sentenced 20 people to up to seven years in prison for their role in a vast marijuana production and distribution network.

A French court has given eight nuclear test veterans the right to be compensated for ill health because of radiation exposure in French Polynesia.