French Polynesia

A French businessman has secured the reimbursement of just over half a million US dollars he had paid in bail in French Polynesia ten years ago.

The senior French Polynesian doctor charged with sexually assaulting minors has been given home detention while investigations continue.

A bed-ridden woman in French Polynesia who was told she was too heavy to fly has been promised a medical evacuation from Rikitea to Tahiti.

The New Zealand consortium bidding to build the Pacific's biggest hotel project has secured a new deadline to finalise its contracts.

The rewording of French Polynesia's autonomy statute has been approved by a joint commission of the French National Assembly and the Senate.

Only hours remain for the New Zealand consortium Kaitiaki Tagaloa to secure the contract for the Pacific's biggest hotel project planned in French Polynesia.

A bed-ridden woman with back problems in French Polynesia has been told she cannot be flown from her home island Rikitea to Tahiti's hospital because of her weight.

New Zealand consortium Kaitiaki Tagaloa has until today to secure funding for the Pacific's biggest hotel project planned in French Polynesia.

The French low cost carrier French Bee, which has marked its first anniversary flying from Paris to Tahiti, says it will add an extra weekly flight to its schedule.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has upheld that the president Edouard Fritch was defamed.

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has won his appeal against his conviction in a property dispute with his former wife Tonita Mao.

The French Polynesian health minister has suspended a senior doctor charged last week with sexually assaulting minors.

The criminal court in French Polynesia has tried the mayor of Papara, his wife and five others over the allocation of funds to a town association.

The prosecution in French Polynesia has appealed the decision to free the former president of French Polynesia's Council of Physicians who was charged with sexual assault last week.

The president of French Polynesia's Council of Physicians has resigned a week after being charged with sexual assault.

French Polynesia and France have agreed to set up a joint commission on maritime matters.

Judicial authorities in French Polynesia are grappling with a request by a French businessman to be reimbursed $US800,000 he paid in bail 10 years ago.

The French high commissioner to French Polynesia has acknowledged that pollution with heavy metals continues to be a problem on Hao atoll.

The commercial court in French Polynesia has approved the rescue plan for La Depeche de Tahiti newspaper.