French Polynesia

Seven people in French Polynesia, including a dancer and a boxing champion, have been jailed for up to six years for their roles in trafficking almost two kilograms of methamphetamine since 2019.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faaa, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of his legal defence.

The trial of a disbarred and retired medical doctor in French Polynesia has been deferred for a fourth time because he is standing in the French National Assembly election.

France's highest administrative court has rejected a challenge to a law hiking the tax on property sale profits in French Polynesia.

A commemoration has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the Tuamotus.

A new French overseas minister has been appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in the second stage of his government reshuffle

French Polynesia's newest domestic airline Air Moana hopes to launch its first flights in September.

The Pacific Community's Digital Earth Pacific project will unlock exponential opportunity in the region, the regional body's chief says.

Another 11 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in French Polynesia in the last 72-hour reporting period.

More talks have been held in French Polynesia in preparation for the 2024 Olympics surfing event to be held in Tahiti.

French Polynesia's Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month only hours before the nomination period closed.

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A ten-day international military exercise has been launched in French Polynesia, simulating assistance after a cyclone.

Two double-hulled voyaging canoes from Hawaii have arrived in Tahiti to a welcome ceremony attended by more than a thousand French Polynesians.

The French Polynesian government has launched sweeping discussions on how to cope with the rising cost of healthcare.

French Polynesia has been left with just one daily newspaper after a rescue plan for La Depeche de Tahiti failed and the court of appeal ordered its liquidation.