French Polynesia

A senior French Polynesian politician Nuihau Laurey has accused his party of acting in pathological bad faith as a public spat over the management of the Covid-19 outbreak continues.

Two men are in custody in French Polynesia after their dogs fatally mauled a woman.

France has promised to lend money to airlines in its overseas territories hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.

All Covid-19 restrictions imposed in French Polynesia's outer islands will be lifted at midnight.

France has promised to lend money to airlines in its overseas territories hit by the Covid-19 outbreak.

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party has responded with anger to a radio interview of one of the party's two members of the French Senate.

More French Polynesians stranded in France since March have arrived in Tahiti.

The two main opposition parties in French Polynesia have rejected plans for the second round of the municipal elections to be held next month.

The French Polynesian government says anyone entering the territory from mainland France will have to be tested for Covid-19 before departure and go into quarantine for two weeks on arrival.

France has formally ceded its former navy command centre in Papeete to French Polynesia.

Mayors in French Polynesia are calling for a nightime curfew to be restored, despite the courts declaring it illegal.

The French military has flown a three-month old baby from French Polynesia to New Zealand for urgent surgery.

The French Polynesian government has proposed holding the second round of the delayed municipal elections on 21 June.

Operations are about to begin in French Polynesia to salvage a Chinese fishing vessel grounded at Arutua atoll.

The curfew imposed in French Polynesia over the Covid-19 outbreak has been lifted with immediate effect after the administrative court ruled it was illegal.

The French military has repatriated 20 French Polynesian residents who were stranded in New Zealand because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Reports from French Polynesia say a French military cargo aircraft has picked up 20 residents who were stranded in New Zealand because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The French High Commission in French Polynesia says the crew member of a French military aircraft who tested positive for Covid-19 during his stay in Tahiti is not contagious.

Reports from French Polynesia say a crew member of a French military aircraft that arrived in Tahiti two days ago has tested positive for Covid-19.

Shipping companies in French Polynesia say the French government's use of a military cargo plane hurts their business in times of crisis.