French Polynesia

The last of nine Covid-19 related relief flights from France has arrived in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has dismissed calls by the veteran politician Gaston Flosse for French Polynesia to become independent.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse wants a referendum to make French Polynesia an independent country in free association with France.

French Polynesia's domestic airline has rescinded its plan to drop more than half of its routes.

The judicial authorities in French Polynesia have heard a formal request to drop murder charges in the case of the alleged killing of a journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud.

A community organisation in French Polynesia is pushing to have the date of Autonomy Day changed.

French Polynesian voters have completed the second round of the municipal elections by choosing mayors in towns such as Papeete and Arue.

Two people in French Polynesia have tested positive for Covid-19 at completion of their two-week self-managed quarantine.

France's highest court has upheld the prison sentences of two Tahitian men, including the former mayor of Mahina, Emile Vernaudon, for the abuse of public funds with the running of a local radio…

Two men jailed in French Polynesia over a racket involving child prostitution and drug trafficking have failed in their court bid to leave prison.

The case brought by French Polynesia pro -independence leader Oscar Temaru against prosecutor Herve Leroy has been moved to New Caledonia.

The French Polynesian government is alarmed at the decision by Air Tahiti to drop 26 loss-making routes.

Four men are reported to be in custody in French Polynesia suspected of being involved in a methamphetamine smuggling operation last year.

The court in French Polynesia has declined to make a ruling in the case brought by the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru against the prosecutor Herve Leroy.

The Pacific Conference of Churches has called for justice in French Polynesia including for veteran pro-independence politician and mayor, Oscar Temaru.

Another 194 people have been flown to French Polynesia on a French government-sponsored relief flight from Paris - the eighth such flight since the Covid-19 related shutdown of air services.

A march against injustice in French Polynesia has attracted about 1,000 people from around Tahiti.