French Polynesia

The French Polynesian government says as a general strike looms it will re-examine the proposed text before it is submitted to the territorial assembly.

France says it is planning to turn some overseas ports into regional hubs, citing Noumea in the Pacific as a trans-shipment place already projecting the French transport sector.

Three men detained in French Polynesia in October with a large quantity of cocaine will be held in prison for another four months.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch says he wants a study to be carried out to see if the French nuclear weapons tests caused genetic mutations.

Reports from French Polynesia say a man has been detained suspected of being linked to three women caught with methamphetamine on arrival at the international airport in Tahiti last month.

A French Polynesian politician says his proposal for a life-time ban for elected members with criminal convictions is aimed at restoring confidence in politics. Audio

A member of France's ruling En Marche Party has suggested that President Emmanuel Macron might visit French Polynesia in May. A member of France's ruling En Marche Party has suggested...

French Polynesia's lands minister Tearii Alpha has dismissed claims that plans are afoot for floating islands to be built in the lagoon of Atimaono in the south of Tahiti.

France's ruling En Marche Party has dumped its representative in French Polynesia Heimana Garbet.

An attempt in French Polynesia to form a coalition involving the local chapter of France's ruling En Marche Party appears to have failed.

A French Polynesian member of the French National Assembly has suggested a law change allowing for voting outcomes to be disregarded if there is too much abstention.

The French Polynesian government has downplayed reports that the US-led project of floating islands will go ahead in the south of Tahiti.

A French Polynesian assembly member Valentina Cross has spoken out against placing a planned floating island in the lagoon off her township.

Three women have been detained at French Polynesia's international airport for smuggling methamphetamine in their private parts.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused France of nuclear racism for testing its nuclear weapons in the Pacific.

An investigation in French Polynesia into a smuggling and distribution network of methamphetamine has been completed.

There has been a fresh call to make French Polynesia an associated state of France.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has accused a child psychiatrist of causing panic with his report on troubled children whose conditions he has linked to the legacy of the French nuclear…