French Polynesia

Tahiti's suspension from the Pacific Games Council has been provisionally lifted.

A date has been set in French Polynesia for the trial of a government assembly member accused of abuse of public funds and fraud.

A French Polynesian anti-nuclear group has been advised that eight compensation claims lodged over the French atomic weapon tests have been accepted.

A ceremony has been held on Hao atoll in French Polynesia to mark the arrival of the underwater fibre optic cable from Tahiti.

French Polynesia's court of appeal has heard the challenge of an assembly member who last year was convicted of defaming a former vice president Nuihau Laurey.

French Polynesia's pro-independence member of the French National Assembly says he will keep both his Paris seat and his seat in French Polynesia's assembly.

French Polynesia's biggest church wants the native Te Reo Maohi to be made an official language.

The French public accounts minister Gerald Darmanin has agreed with French Polynesian politicians that it still takes too long to approve applications for tax relief for overseas investment.

Co-operation in agriculture and fishing have been the subject of talks during the French Polynesian president's visit to New Zealand this week.

The Philippines-registered cargo ship Thorco Lineage, which broke down last month, is being towed from French Polynesia to South Korea.

French Polynesia has taken receipt of its first 100 percent electric bus.

The prosecutor in French Polynesia says he has opened proceedings against the captain of a Philippines-registered cargo ship which ran onto the reef of Raroia last month.

A specialised ship to lay an underwater cable has arrived in Papeete to extend French Polynesia's network, known as Natitua.

A large Philippines-registered cargo vessel which had hit a reef in French Polynesia after an engine failure last month has been towed to Papeete.