French Polynesia

French Polynesia's court of appeal has heard the compensation case brought by the families of the victims of the 2007 Air Moorea plane crash.

French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira party says its 11-member bloc in the assembly is firm despite one member failing to support its candidate in the presidential election.

The prosecution in French Polynesia has requested a five-year jail sentence for the main accused in what is being described as the territory's biggest case of tax fraud.

Edouard Fritch has been re-elected as French Polynesia's president for a five-year term.

French Polynesia's assembly has elected the ruling Tapura Huiraatira party's Gaston Tong Sang as its new assembly president for a five-year term.

French Polynesia's territorial assembly is today due to elect a new president for a five-year term.

The newly elected territorial assembly of French Polynesia is today due to have its first meeting and elect an assembly president for a five-year term.

A leading French Polynesian pro-independence politician has described the French government's stance towards its Pacific colonies as schizophrenic.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has hinted at possible unwanted consequences of lower airfares between France and Tahiti.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says New Caledonia's referendum on independence from France should be organised by the United Nations.

A trial is due to open in French Polynesia today in what is being described as the territory's biggest case of tax fraud.

The French Polynesian government plans to unveil a new mental health strategy by the end of the year to help it cope with urgent needs in the sector.

The airline Frenchbee has launched its service to French Polynesia.

A newly elected assembly member of French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira Party is to stand trial in the second half of this year for abuse of public funds and fraud.

Observers of the Pacific Islands Forum say last weekend's territorial election in French Polynesia was peaceful and the atmosphere at the polling stations was convivial.

The French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit French Polynesia early next year.

French Polynesia's president has dismissed criticism of leading a party with many elected members having criminal convictions.