French Polynesia
Fritch says he lied about France's atomic tests
Tahiti president admits to lying about French nuclear weapons test. Audio
French Polynesia opts for sugar tax
French Polynesia has decided to introduce a sugar tax to counter soaring rates of diabetes.
Revision of Tahiti's autonomy statute rebuffed
French Polynesia's opposition parties want to do away with the territory's autonomy statute after the government majority approved a raft of changes to it.
Tahiti's Fritch owns up to lying about nuclear tests
French Polynesia's president has admitted that for 30 years he lied about the effects of French nuclear tests.
French Polynesia opts for sugar tax
French Polynesia has decided to introduce a sugar tax to counter soaring rates of diabetes.
Teen misses ferry, tries to swim, spends night at sea
A teenager in French Polynesia has been picked up by a ferry between Moorea and Tahiti after he had apparently spent a night at sea.
France gives Tahiti site for nuclear memorial
The French National Assembly has voted to give French Polynesia a building in Papeete for a memorial site of the French nuclear weapons tests.
News in French for 13 November 2018
The latest news in French language (La Langue Française). Audio
Tahiti leaders in NZ discuss Tahitian Village project
French Polynesia's vice-president Teva Rohfritsch has visited a range of sites in New Zealand developed by Māori investors as negotiations continue to build the South Pacific's biggest tourism…
Tahiti calls for independence vote
New Caledonia's independence referendum has prompted French Polynesia's pro-independence party to ask France to organise a vote on full self-rule in Tahiti.
United Airlines launches French Polynesia service
United Airlines has launched its service to French Polynesia, with flights between San Francisco and Tahiti.
Fund abuse trial of Tahiti president deferred until June
Today's trial of French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch for alleged abuse of public funds has been deferred until June next year.
French Polynesia defamation case goes to Paris
The case of the alleged defamation of French Polynesia's former vice president Nuihau Laurey is going to France's highest court.
France still coming under fire for removing Temaru from Assembly
French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition has continued to attack the French government and judiciary for removing its leader Oscar Temaru from the assembly.
Tahiti's Temaru falls foul of campaign law
Tahiti's pro-independence leader Temaru decries his ban from assembly as a political move. Audio
Pacific floating island group cans cryptocurrency plans
A group behind plans for a floating island in the Pacific has given up on a cryptocurrency it planned to build the project's economy on.
French Polynesia party lashes out at France after court ruling
French Polynesia's pro-independence party says President Macron's France has declared open season on its opponents and has done so without shame.
Defence in Air Moorea crash trial in Tahiti wants suspects cleared
The defence in French Polynesia's trial over the 2007 Air Moorea crash has called for all suspects to to cleared.
Prosecution in Tahiti calls for jail terms over 2007 plane crash
The prosecution in French Polynesia's trial over the 2007Air Moorea crash has called for four people to be given jail sentences on charges of involuntary homicide.
French court quashes conviction of Tahitian separatist leader
France's court of revision has quashed the conviction of the late French Polynesian politician and father of autonomy, Pouvanaa a Oopa.
