French Polynesia

The Women's Council of French Polynesia has responded with dismay to the appeal court freeing two sex offenders pending their appeal.

Judicial authorities in French Polynesia have acceded to a request by the prosecution to reconsider revisiting the so-called OPT affair.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has freed two sex offenders pending their appeal case due to be heard in January.

A 46-year-old teacher in French Polynesia has been taken into custody for alleged sexual abuse.

The appeal court in French Polynesia will decide next week whether to release three sex offenders pending their appeal in January.

A 44-year-old man has been detained at French Polynesia's international airport with 5.5 kilogrammes of methamphetamine in his luggage.

An air service agreement has been reached between French Polynesia and Canada, paving the way for possible direct air links.

There has been a march against violence in French Polynesia.

There will be an appeal in French Polynesia after Oscar Temaru was given a suspended prison sentence and a fine.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Fa'a Oscar Temaru has been given a suspended six-month prison sentence over the funding of a local radio station.

There has been a fatal diving accident in French Polynesia.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has been in discussions with Chile about linking up with a submarine cable.

Air Vanuatu is reported to be interested in opening an air link to French Polynesia.

Two women's organisations in French Polynesia have hit out at a union over one of its demands to end a strike at the InterContinental Hotel on Moorea.

There has been a sharp increase in the number of people in French Polynesia contracting dengue type 2.

French Polynesia's government has expressed regret at employers challenging a new law aimed at giving preference to local job seekers.

Ten people in French Polynesia have been given jail sentences of up to seven years over a racket involving child prostitution and drug dealing.

Tenders are being sought for displays at French Polynesia's planned memorial centre for France's nuclear weapons tests.

One of French Polynesia's main wholesale company has been fined for abusing its dominant market position.