French Polynesia

The education ministry in French Polynesia plans to extend bilingual teaching to seven more schools.

French Polynesia has registered another 18 Covid-19 cases, raising its tally to 738.

French Polynesia has registered another 26 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally in the latest outbreak to 658.

Teachers' unions in French Polynesia are threatening strike action from Tuesday to secure tougher Covid-19 containment policies.

French Polynesia has recorded another 36 Covid-19 cases, raising its tally in the latest outbreak to 596.

French Polynesian unions threatening with a general strike have failed to bring about the reintroduction of a compulsory quarantine for international arrivals to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.

French Polynesia's vice president Teva Rohfritsch has resigned for the second time in less than half a year.

A leading French Polynesian opposition politician has been cleared in France's highest court in a defamation case brought by the president Edouard Fritch.

French Polynesia has recorded another 26 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally in the current outbreak to 560.

French Polynesia has recorded another 23 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally in the current outbreak to 534.

Several schools in French Polynesia have reopened after the Covid-19 pandemic forced their closure for several days.

French Polynesia has recorded another 12 Covid-19 cases, rasing the tally for August to 465.

French Polynesia has recorded another 46 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally for August to 511.

The Greens in French Polynesia have presented their candidates for the two French Senate seats to be filled in four weeks.

French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike on Thursday unless Covid-19 measures are tightened.

Reports from French Polynesia say four people have been detained at Tahiti's airport for trying to smuggle methamphetamine into the territory.

French Polynesia has recorded another 35 Covid-19 cases, bringing its total for the month to 420.

Several people working at French Polynesia's assembly have tested positive for Covid-19.

French Polynesia's health minister Jacques Raynal says despite a worsening Covid-19 situation a state of emergency and a lockdown are not being considered.