French Polynesia

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has reiterated his willingness for economic and financial cooperation with New Zealand's Tainui people.

Two striking unions in French Polynesia say they want a court to confirm that there is a conflict of interest in the running of the Land Transport Agency.

French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party has reiterated its accusation that France is trying to politically assassinate its leader Oscar Temaru.

A now independent French Polynesian assembly member Angelo Frebault is about to join the ruling Tapura Huiraatira Party - two months after being expelled from the opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party.

The French Senate has approved $US3 million to allow more nuclear weapons test victims in French Polynesia to resubmit their compensation claims.

France's highest court has quashed two sentences given to a high-profile French Polynesian mayor Cyril Tetuanui.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse and his son Reginald have been charged for an allegedly fraudulent Paris property arrangement.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse is in custody to be questioned over the legality of a Paris property arrangement.

There has been a war of words in French Polynesia after the opposition's Oscar Temaru faced his first ever formal police interrogation.

French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition party says it will circulate a petition locally and internationally to back campaigns against France over the legacy of its nuclear weapons tests.

French Polynesia's pro-indepedence opposition Tavini Huiraatira party has abandoned plans to trigger early elections by standing down three of its assembly members.

French Polynesia's public prosecutor has rejected claims that he is part of a French plot to quash the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has been released after police questioned him and two others over the alleged abuse of public funds.

A leading member of French Polynesia's opposition says he has reservations about suggestions to trigger early elections.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru is being held by police and being questioned over the alleged abuse of public funds.

The opposition camp in French Polynesia could be considering triggering early elections.

China's diplomats are being pursued in French Polynesia for failing to pay their last electricity bill before vacating their premises in Tahiti.

Four people in French Polynesia have been detained and charged with theft and receiving stolen goods for running a pork trafficking operation in Tahiti.

French Polynesia has advanced its bid to make the 'ori tahiti traditional dance part of UNESCO's world heritage.

A former education minister of French Polynesia has been in court in a case of alleged domestic violence against his former partner.