French Polynesia

The mayor of Tumara'a in French Polynesia Cyril Tetuanui has appeared in court for alleged abuse of a tendering process to build gymnasiums.

France has recognised a link between its nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific and the illness of a woman who never visited the test sites at Moruroa and Fangataufa.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has told a UN decolonisation debate in New York that the world would know if France was a colonial state with a colonial attitude.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch says he understands why France is boycotting the UN debate on the decolonisation of French Polynesia.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has flown to New York to address - for the first time - the United Nations Decolonisation Committee.

Tahiti's daily newspaper says a mayor from Raiatea Cyril Tetuanui has been detained for questioning over cash payments he allegedly received from a jailed businessman.

French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has accepted a French Audit Court ruling and will pay $US65,000 to the public purse.

Reports from Tahiti say the president of French Polynesia's assembly Marcel Tuihani has been detained for questioning.

Four inmates will receive a payout of $US14,000 for being locked up in inhuman conditions.

Former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosses's lawyer is considering an appeal over a court order to repay the public purse $US2.2million.

The French Court of Audit has ordered 20 people, including the former president Gaston Flosse, to reimburse the French Polynesian public purse a total of $US2.2 million.

There has been a mass cull of chickens in French Polynesia because of a salmonella outbreak.

Corrections staff in French Polynesia protest against the planned employment of a French technician.

The French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has spoken out against a call to declare a state of emergency in Tahiti.

A political scientist who covers Pacific issues says he wonders if the Pacific Islands Forum realises the implications of including territories as members.

French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira wants the territory to be free of people who are classified as Islamic radicals and under police surveillance.

A delegation from state-owned China Railway has arrived in French Polynesia to explore possible investment opportunities.

A security analyst says a key motive for France's effective addition to the Pacific Islands Forum is to stem the impact of Fiji's Frank Bainimarama. Audio