French Polynesia

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party will contest the mayoralty of the largest town with two candidates, suggesting a further split in its ranks.

Veterans deployed to the Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia will wait another two months to find out whether their children and grandchildren may be genetically impacted by nuclear radiation.

An investigation into possible witness tampering has been launched in French Polynesia after a financial arrangement between a sex offender and his victims became known.

A letter has emerged in French Polynesia in a high-profile child prostitution case, which suggests a defendant has tried to buy off testimony of three alleged victims ahead of this month's appeal.

Hundreds of dead fish have washed up on beaches in French Polynesia's Society Islands.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has downplayed claims by the anti-independence Tahoeraa Huiraatira that the two will run jointly in the municipal elections in March.

Two mayors in French Polynesia have issued bans on the use of pesticides, joining a controversial campaign launched in France.

Reports from French Polynesia say police are investigating council members over legal costs to defend the mayor Oscar Temaru.

Home detention has been eased for the senior French Polynesian doctor charged with sexually assaulting minors.

Reports from French Polynesia say an atoll in the Tuamotus has been without electricity since Christmas Eve.

French Polynesian health authorities say the dengue type 2 outbreak has stabilised - although another 163 people were infected in the first half of the month.

Almost 10 percent of housing available on the French Polynesian island of Moorea is now listed with US-based accommodation platform Airbnb, reports say.

China says large plastic bags that washed up on a Tahiti beach stem from a Chinese fishing vessel, which sank off South America last year.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has again expressed his hope that the fish farm planned by a Chinese company on Hao atoll will be launched soon.

The French Polynesian government has approved changes to the history and geography curriculum for secondary schools to include more Pacific events.

Tahiti's surfing federation is confident French Polynesia will be confirmed as the host of the surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

French Polynesia's vice-president Teva Rohfritsch is in Paris to meet the four short-listed bidders to build a congress centre as part of the downscaled Tahitian Village project.

A police search of a French Polynesian atoll owned by a Canadian billionaire has led to the seizure and destruction of 48 cannabis plants.

The head of a Chinese company planning to set up the South Pacific's largest fish farm in French Polynesia has again visited Hao atoll, saying he expects the project to be launched next year.