French Polynesia

An industrial dispute at French Polynesia's publicly-owned OPT telecommunications company has been settled.

The United Nations has been called out on its silence over the decolonisation process in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia's assembly has voted for a new law to take into account the duration of residency in the allocation of work.

An open-ended unlimited strike has been launched at French Polynesia's publicly-owned OPT telecommunications company over fears of massive job losses.

The president of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch has decided to appeal last month's conviction for abusing public funds for which he was fined $US50,000.

The French president Emmanuel Macron has put into effect an amendment of French Polynesia's autonomy statute.

The French president Emmanuel Macron has deferred his trip to French Polynesia planned for this year until 2020.

The former mayor of Huahine in French Polynesia has been in the court of appeal challenging last year's conviction for abusing public funds.

Lawyers acting for French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse and his son Reginald have asked for the charges against them to be dropped.

A bid by a New Zealand consortium to build French Polynesia's biggest tourism complex has failed.

French Polynesia's Miss France crown-holder plans to resume her studies with a long-term goal of one day becoming the territory's president.

An estimated 2,000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia to mark the 53rd anniversary of France's first atomic weapons test in the Pacific.

The French constitutional court has thrown out several provisions about French Polynesia which had been added as an organic law accompanying the revision of its autonomy statute.

A deadline expires today for a New Zealand consortium to finalise its contracts to build French Polynesia's biggest hotel and apartment complex.

French Polynesia has marked Autonomy Day with a parade in Tahiti.

Murder charges have been laid in the case of the French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, who vanished in 1997.

The president of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch has been fined $US50,000 after the criminal court convicted him of abusing public funds.

The ex-partner and a friend of a French Polynesian journalist who vanished in 1997 have been taken in for questioning.