French Polynesia

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.

One of French Polynesia's main wholesale companies has succeeded in getting a huge fine suspended.

French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation Moruroa e tatou has elected a new president.

A group of six people have appeared in court in French Polynesia accused of having set up a methamphetamine dealing ring last year.

A deal has been reached in French Polynesia to settle a strike at the Intercontinental Hotel Moorea.

Bakers in French Polynesia have lobbied the government to raise the price of the common bread stick, or baguette.

Six people have been detained in a police raid in French Polynesia in an operation against suspected methamphetamine dealers launched in April.

Flights have been cancelled for five days in French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands.