French Polynesia

The court of appeal in French Polynesia has begun hearing an appeal launched by those given jail sentences over the 2007 Air Moorea crash in which 20 people died.

A French Polynesian opposition politician is warning that his side might sue France if it fails to remove radioactive substances from its former weapons test site at Moruroa.

A nurse in French Polynesia has been detained on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine from the United States.

A French Polynesian politician has challenged the funding model for the construction of a memorial for the nuclear weapons test legacy in Tahiti.

Dog meat consumption in French Polynesia reflects a complex cultural and geographic situation, says an animal protection group in Tahiti.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch has expressed reservations about a French push to construct an Indo-Pacific axis to counter China.

The Brigitte Bardot Foundation has written an open letter to the French High Commissioner in Tahiti urging him to stop the illegal trade and consumption of dog meat.

France's highest court has thrown out an appeal by three French Polynesian politicians given suspended jail sentences last year.

French Polynesia and France have signed documents to confirm the return of 1.5 hectares of land on Bora Bora to French Polynesian ownership.

Health authorities in French Polynesia have made available 22,000 doses of free flu vaccine for people deemed to be at risk.

Tahiti-made chocolate has been showcased at the opening night of this year's Chocolate Fair in Paris.

Tahiti-made chocolate has been showcased at the opening night of this year's Chocolate Fair in Paris.

Dengue type 2 continues to spread in French Polynesia, with more than 360 new cases registered in the past two weeks.

A tourist has been badly injured in a shark attack in French Polynesia.

A leading historian in French Polynesia says access to the archives of the French nuclear weapons programme has again been shut.

The criminal court in French Polynesia has added two months to the jail sentence of a man imprisoned for killing a German tourist in 2011.

China has rejected findings that a Chinese fishing vessel was the source of hundreds unused plastic bags washing up in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia has approved a law governing bingo which sits outside French restrictions.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has in part upheld a sentence given to the mayor of Papara, Putai Taae, in the criminal court in May for abuse of office.

Descendants of Tahitian navigator Tupaia want the record set straight on his travels with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour.