French Polynesia

Scientists in French Polynesia say an experiment to control mosquito populations is proving to be very successful, and could change the prevention of mosquito-borne illness.

French Polynesia's opposition politician Oscar Temaru has revealed that he was to be framed for a drugs crime in a bid to stop him from taking his anti-nuclear campaign to the United Nations in New…

The captain of the Pacific Oceania Fed Cup tennis team says next month's tie in Thailand is an opportunity for some new faces to impress on the global stage.

The appeal court in French Polynesia is to rule in a defamation case brought by a former president, Gaston Flosse, against two French journalists over a book and a 2013 article in the French…

A strike by Air France staff in French Polynesia has prompted the carrier to defer today's planned flight to the US and France until tomorrow.

An Air France plane bound for the United States has been able to take off from French Polynesia despite a strike by some airline staff.

Hundreds of passengers in French Polynesia risk being stranded because of a strike by Air France.

French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has lost another assembly member who is siding with the ruling majority.

The criminal court in French Polynesia has acquitted all suspects in the case over the Honotua cable contract.

French Polynesia's ruling party has roundly dismissed a proposal to turn the territory into an associated state of France.

French Polynesia's former president, Gaston Flosse, has hit out at the judicial system, questioning the integrity of those in charge of the prosecution in the territory.

Descendants of Chinese migrants to French Polynesia on Sunday marked the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Chinese workers in Tahiti.

French Polynesia's pro-independence politicians, led by Oscar Temaru, have briefly seized the podium of the assembly to unfurl a banner which said 'Welcome to the National Assembly of Maohi Nui'.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has heard the case against a former top politician, Hiro Tefaarere, who last year was given a jail sentence for attempting to misuse public funds.

French Polynesia's disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, and his partner, Pascale Haiti, are expected to face the criminal court in Tahiti over the alleged theft of china from the presidency.

Police investigators in French Polynesia have searched offices of the territorial assembly in a probe into alleged phantom jobs.

The French Polynesian president has appeared in the criminal court in Tahiti on charges of exerting undue influence.

The French supreme court has annulled the 2014 appointment of a French Polynesian minister, Tea Frogier.

Lawyers for French Polynesia's disgraced former president, Gaston Flosse, are reportedly considering an appeal against a ruling that would prevent him from standing for office at the next election.

The French justice ministry has quashed hopes of French Polynesia's disgraced former president to be able to stand for office in two years.