French Polynesia

The defence in French Polynesia's trial over the 2007 Air Moorea crash has suggested that the pilot's health may have failed and caused the accident.

French Polynesia's main church says it wants the United Nations Human Rights Council to look at the legacy of France's nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific.

France says it will defend itself against allegations of crimes against humanity for its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific.

France is being taken to the International Criminal Court over its nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia.

The trial opens in French Polynesia today of seven people accused of involuntary homicide over the Air Moorea crash of 2007. Audio

A high-level French Polynesian delegation is in the US to officially receive the first Boeing 787 of the territory's airline.

There has been a call to open France's former nuclear weapons test site in French Polynesia to the public.

French Polynesia's accounts office says it has failed to establish how many government vehicles there are but guesses their number at about 1,000.

French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation says the latest visit by a French delegation appears designed to drag out the compensation process.

Reports from French Polynesia say a bid to set up a new domestic airline will be raised in court this week.

French Polynesia's president says improving the compensation process for victims of France's nuclear weapons tests is a priority.

The former head of French Polynesia's GIP militia Rere Puputauki has been given a suspended jail sentence for abuse of trust.

An attempt to have a major cocaine smuggling case in French Polynesia thrown out over a technicality has failed.