French Polynesia

A new study on the impact of the French nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia has found that radiation from them had a minimal role in causing thyroid cancer.

For French Polynesia's newly elected president Moetai Brotherson not independence from France but continued assistance to the victims of the flooding two weeks ago is the most urgent challenge. Audio

Moetai Brotherson of the pro-independence Tavini Huitraatira has been elected president of French Polynesia for a five-year term.

Antony Geros of the pro-independence Tavini Huitraatira party has been elected as the assembly president in French Polynesia.

The French Polynesian economy has been given a positive assessment in the aftermath of the pandemic by the body issuing the French Pacific franc.

Cars have been swept out to sea and homes damaged after extensive flooding this week in the south Tahiti village of Teahupo'o.

French Polynesia's presidential candidate Moetai Brotherson has named four ministers in his proposed government, and confirmed he will vacate his seat in the French National Assembly.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has won the election for a new 57-member territorial assembly, paving the way for Moetai Brotherson to become president.

Voting has started in French Polynesia in the second round to elect a new territorial assembly for a five-year term.

There has been scorn among politicians in French Polynesia over the ruling party's hastily-convened electoral alliance with an opposition party, which has been eliminated from the territorial…

French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch has warned of chaos, should his party lose power to the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira. In last Sunday's first round of the territorial elections, his…

The party coming third in the first round of French Polynesia's elections has put forward its founder as candidate for president. Nicole Sanquer was nominated by her A Here Ia...

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has come out on top in the first round of the territorial elections. Audio

Voting has started in French Polynesia in the first round to elect a territorial assembly for a new five-year term.

Campaigning for French Polynesia's territorial elections has entered its final week.

The French High Commission has validated the seven lists contesting next month's territorial elections in French Polynesia.

Marine invasive species are an ecological and economic threat to Pacific nations, the founder of a New Zealand-based ocean conservation and science organisation says.