French Polynesia

Tahiti Tourisme says it wants to increase its focus on domestic travel to offset the difficulties caused to its industry by the pandemic.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse has again failed to register as a voter in Papeete as he plans to run for a seat in this year's French National Assembly election.

A medical and dental mission from Tahiti visited two isolated atolls in French Polynesia last month, the first such mission in three years.

The French Polynesian government says France's highest court has approved the local vaccination law.

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A senior French official says in French Polynesia there is no risk linked to radioactivity emanating from France's nuclear weapon tests.

Further talks are expected at French Polynesia's presidency tomorrow to try to end an open-ended public and private sector general strike launched last Thursday.

Negotiations have continued into the weekend in French Polynesia to avert an open-ended general strike called for November 24th.

French Polynesia's new vice-president is the transport minister Jean-Christophe Bouissou, who replaces Tearii Alpha.

The head of the organising committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will today visit the French Polynesian site chosen to stage the surfing competition

Environmental groups in French Polynesia say they have lodged a complaint about a Spanish-flagged ship which they say carried sharks.

The much-anticipated delayed trial of a controversial retired doctor in French Polynesia has again been deferred, this time to March 3.

French Polynesia's vice-president Tearii Alpha has been sacked for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19.