French Polynesia

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura party has come out against the Opposition's Moetai Brotherson, accusing him of staging a media coup over the legacy of the French nuclear weapons tests.

Reports from French Polynesia say a complaint has been laid against veteran politician Gaston Flosse over his latest attempt to register as a voter in Papeete.

A film about Bougainville has won the top prize at the Pacific Documentary Film Festival in Tahiti.

Several schools in French Polynesia are closed today because of a public sector strike over France's planned pension reforms.

France's supreme court has reinstated compensation claims of French Polynesian nuclear weapons test victims thrown out last year.

The trial of a prominent businessman and a union leader accused of corruption in French Polynesia has been deferred until March next year.

A person in French Polynesia has been jailed for three years after being caught in possession of drugs and a firearm.

Another strike has been called in French Polynesia this week as part of a protest against France's planned pension reforms.

The European Court of Human Rights has found France guilty of breaching the human rights of prisoners in French Polynesia by treating them in a degrading manner.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse has made a fresh bid to register as a voter in Papeete.

France's overseas minister Annick Girardin has arrived in French Polynesia for a week-long stay aimed at dealing with environmental issues.

A trial is to be held in French Polynesia in May of the accountant of the duty-free shop of Tahiti airport accused of fraud.

The French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has described domestic violence as the territory's number one problem.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is expected to visit French Polynesia from 16 to 18 April to host two major conferences.

French Polynesia's criminal court has fined a Chinese fishing company $US360,000 for marine pollution.

French Polynesian authorities have put about 300 Chinese tourists under surveillance amid concern about China's coronavirus outbreak.

The head of Air Tahiti Nui says the carrier's inability to have a charter service to China this month is not due to documentation problems.

Three people convicted over a racket with child prostitution sex and drug dealing in French Polynesia have had their cases retried in the court of appeal.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse has failed in his bid to register as a voter in Papeete.