French Polynesia

France has welcomed the decision of the Pacific Islands Forum to admit French Polynesia and New Caledonia as full Forum members.

Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Pohnpei have agreed to grant New Caledonia and French Polynesia full membership.

Decision time is approaching for members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature on a controversial motion on fisheries protection.

Filming is about to begin in French Polynesia for a feature movie about the painter Paul Gauguin.

Health authorities in French Polynesia say despite it being the dry season, dengue has continued to spread, with 49 more people being infected in the last week of August.

Olympic great Usain Bolt has chosen to relax in French Polynesia after winning three Olympic gold medals.

There is a call for France to extend its state of emergency in force since last year's Paris bombings to French Polynesia.

France says it plans to give French Polynesia an additional ten million US dollars from next year as part of its nuclear compensation payment.

The leader of French Polynesia's pro-independence movement Oscar Temaru has met the French President Francois Hollande during his quest to become a candidate in the French presidential election.

Last Saturday evening on Raivavae, a small volcanic island that juts out from the vast expanse of the eastern Pacific Ocean, residents made an unusual discovery on the edge of...

The leader of French Polynesia's pro-independence pushing ahead in his bid for candidacy by meeting politicians in Corsica.

A former French Polynesian government minister has unveiled a new political party Tau Hoturau.

A former French Polynesian government minister has unveiled a new political party Tau Hoturau.

Internet users in French Polynesia's outer islands report frequent and prolonged problems with their connections.

French Polynesia's opposition leader says his party will launch a petition to stop mining by European multi-national companies.

French Polynesia's international airline has recorded a profit for the fourth consecutive year.

The leader of French Polynesia's pro-independence movement Oscar Temaru says a win in Tahiti in next year's French presidential election would amount to self-proclaimed independence.

A French nuclear expert has been reinstated, three years after the previous government sacked him as the head of the territory's body concerned with the aftermath of the French nuclear weapons tests.

Reports Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers are in support of French Polynesia becoming a full member.

A new French Polynesian anti-nuclear group has decided to go to the UN in New York to raise its concerns about the aftermath of France's nuclear weapons tests.