French Polynesia

A French Polynesian candidate of France's right-wing National Rally has been put on the party's 25th position in next month's election of a new European Parliament.

Judicial authorities in French Polynesia have again deferred a decision on whether to revive the OPT affair which centres on the territory's biggest case of corruption.

Figures released in French Polynesia show increased traffic at Tahiti's international airport has failed to benefit the local carrier Air Tahiti Nui.

Two experts from France have been sent to French Polynesia to meet 36 victims of the nuclear weapons tests claiming compensation.

Police in French Polynesia have charged a woman with a drugs offence after detaining her last week on arrival from the United States.

There has been an outcry in French Polynesia over a reported bid by a French politician keen to inscribe Polynesian tattooing as part of the UNESCO world heritage.

An accounts office report in French Polynesia has found that assembly staff at times engage in activities which are not related to the work they are paid for.

A senior official in French Polynesia and three others have each been given a suspended six-month prison sentence for importing thousands of banned plants from France.

A former member of the French Polynesian Assembly, René Kohumoetini, has died.

The French Polynesian government has declared a dengue type 2 epidemic on the island of Tahiti.

The amended autonomy statute for French Polynesia has been changed by the French National Assembly after being adopted by the French Senate.

There is new opposition to the amended autonomy statute for French Polynesia which is to be debated in the French Assembly overnight.

A Hawaii-linked group is challenging France by claiming to have formed a new government for French Polynesia.

A mining company in French Polynesia claims the government plans to introduce a new mining code next week. Audio

The leader of the Caledonian Republicans has hit back at criticism from the president of the southern province over his detention in an alleged corruption case.

Work on a planned Chinese fish farm on French Polynesia's Hao atoll is at a standstill and the delay has not been explained, the mayor of Hao says.

Offers are being sought by the government of French Polynesia to remove a wrecked fishing boat from an atoll in the Tuamotus.

There has been little support among teachers in French Polynesia for a strike called by their unions in France.