French Polynesia

The French state has ceded to French Polynesia six hectares of land along the runway of Tahiti's airport for social housing.

The French Polynesian government and the territory's mayors have been sharply criticised for their silence on the French weapons test legacy.

A murder suspect in the case of the French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud has quit his job as head of the territory's archive service.

A charity in French Polynesia says so far this year six homeless people in Tahiti have died either in the street or on the beach.

French Polynesia's president has told Pacific health ministers that his government's ambition is to create a Polynesian Cancer Institute in Tahiti.

A bid by French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse and his son Reginald to have charges against them to be dropped has failed.

The French Polynesian president is hopeful the much delayed Chinese fish farm project on Hao atoll will start before the end of the year.

A French writer convicted for inciting hatred in French Polynesia has been acquitted on appeal.

France has submitted its claim to extend the continental shelves in French Polynesia by almost a quarter of a million square kilometres.

Two men in French Polynesia have been jailed for four and two years respectively for smuggling methamphetamine and heroin into the territory.

The former mayor of Huahine in French Polynesia, Felix Faatau, has been sentenced to two years in prison for abusing public funds.

French Polynesia's biggest church has sharply criticised the French state, saying Paris should repent for its crimes committed against God and the people.

An investigation has been opened in French Polynesia into claims that the government broke environmental laws with its Tahitian Village tourism project.

Two men are in custody in French Polynesia after landing in Tahiti with banned drugs on them.

France's minister in charge of territorial cohesion has discussed French Polynesia's connectivity issues in talks with French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch.

The five-year ineligibility period of French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse has lapsed, allowing him to run for office again.

The dates for French Polynesia's municipal elections have been confirmed as March the 15th and March the 22nd.

The identity of the four sex offenders in French Polynesia sentenced to prison for their contact with child prostitutes has been revealed.

The French justice minister has denounced what she's called the deplorable state of the main prison on Tahiti.