French Polynesia

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…

The French overseas minister says she is not opposed to calls for a study into the possible genetic consequences of the French nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia.

A bill by a French Polynesian politician is being prepared in France which would disqualify from holding office for life any elected member convicted of abusing public funds.

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse won't be allowed to stand in the territorial election in April.

A French health specialist says he is all in favour of an independent study into possible genetic changes as a result of France's nuclear weapons tests in French Polynesia.

The French government says different ministries may have to be consulted before French Polynesia can take out a loan of $US5 billion from the United Arab Emirates.

A French health specialist says a quarter of children on an atoll near Moruroa got cancer nearly half a century after France's nuclear tests in French Polynesia.