French Polynesia

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.

The French Polynesian government says it has given the New Zealand consortium Kaitiaki Tagaloa until next month to secure funding for the Pacific's biggest hotel project to allow more Māori tribes to…

A former French Polynesian assembly member has been acquitted of charges of favouring relatives in the distribution of cyclone aid.

China has restated that none of its fishing boats in French Polynesia is involved in any illegal fishing in the face of sustained criticism of China and its activities on social media.

A health alert is in force in French Polynesia amid fears that dengue type 2 could spread.

Four French Polynesian parliamentarians placed in Paris are openly criticising their party's decision to back France's ruling En Marche in the European election.

French Polynesia's pro-independence party wants to turn next month's election of a new European parliament into a vote for an independent Maohi Nui.

The appeal court in French Polynesia has deferred a scheduled hearing about the future of the La Depeche de Tahiti newspaper until next week.

The French military says one of its ships, based in French Polynesia, has seized nearly 800 kilogrammes of cocaine.

French Polynesia's criminal court has given a writer a six-month suspended prison sentence and fined him $US5,000 (approx. $NZ7,354) for inciting hatred.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader has called for the European parliament election in May to be used as part of a push for independence from France.

An ecumenical service was held in French Polynesia to honour the victims of the terror attack in Christchurch on 15 March.

The French Polynesian government says Makatea Atoll could be rehabilitated, repopulated and an airport could be built there.