French Polynesia

A petition has been launched in French Polynesia asking France to defer the rotation of its public servants because of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Another French military aircraft is due in French Polynesia today as part of France's Operation Resilience to counter the Covid-19 outbreak.

The economic loss caused by the Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia is estimated to amount to almost $US1.2 billion.

A court in French Polynesia has given the owner of the Chinese fishing vessel grounded at Arutua atoll five days to start removing its cargo and fuel.

The French Polynesian government has outlined new conditions for people entering the territory as rotations of French public servants are being prepared.

The Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has forced a scheduled hearing in the case of the alleged killing of a journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud to be postponed until 30 June.

French Polynesia's domestic airline Air Tahiti has cast doubt on resuming air links to all its destinations after the Covid-19 crisis.

The French president Emmanuel Macron says the French Pacific territories can be the pilot areas for France's way out of the confinement imposed over the Covid-19 outbreak.

French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira party says schools should remain closed until September because of the continued risks posed by the Covid-19 outbreak.

There has been a call by airlines in French overseas territories for government support to cope with problems caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Another person in French Polynesia has tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the tally to 58.

Parent groups and teacher unions in French Polynesia have come out against a reopening of the schools unless a strict protocol is observed.

A French military cargo plane has landed in Tahiti which the French High Commissioner says might be used for flights to New Zealand.

A catamaran with oil spill containment booms is on its way to the French Polynesian atoll of Arutua to start the salvage of a Chinese fishing vessel stuck on the atoll's reef.

French Polynesia's health minister Jacques Raynal says testing results show that the circulation of Covid-19 has been stopped.

Air Tahiti Nui has been identified as one of 57 airlines in breach of European Union consumer rights after cancelling flights.

French Polynesian unions have gone to France's top administrative court over the government's Covid-19 package, saying it violates labour laws.

Another special flight from France has arrived in French Polynesia amid suggestions the promised repatriation of residents stranded because of the Covid-19 outbreak may again be deferred.

Figures released in French Polynesia say there has been a drop in crime, including reported domestic violence, during the lockdown following the Covid-19 outbreak last month.

The French Polynesian government says the salvage of the Chinese fishing vessel stuck on the reef of Arutua atoll for more than a month will be a difficult operation.