French Polynesia

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

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.