French Polynesia

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch says he tested positive for Covid-19 on his return from France.

The criminal court in French Polynesia has sent 25 people to prison for their roles in the territory's biggest methamphetamine smuggling and distribution case.

The election of French Polynesia's two members of the French Senate is being challenged in France's Constitutional Court.

The French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to make a twice delayed official visit to French Polynesia in the first quarter of 2021.

French Polynesia's Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating, with 344 new cases recorded in the past two days.

The French Polynesian government is criticised for inaction on a planned study of the genetic impact of the French nuclear weapons tests.

A 10th person has died in French Polynesia's Covid-19 pandemic as 491 cases remain active.

The French military will repatriate about 20 Rapa Nui people stranded in Tahiti since the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak.

A ninth person has died in French Polynesia's Covid-19 pandemic as 36 people with the disease remain in Tahiti's hospital.

The French prime minister Jean Castex has assured the French Polynesian government of France's continued financial support.

The spread of Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia is accelerating, with almost 100 new infections now being recorded a day.

The Covid-19 pandemic in French Polynesia is continuing to infect dozens of people each day, with another 124 cases reported in the past two days.

The judicial authorities in French Polynesia have rejected a formal request to drop murder charges in the case of the alleged killing of a journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud.

A seventh death has been reported in French Polynesia's Covid-19 outbreak.

A cruise from Tahiti to the Marquesas Islands has been aborted after several crew members were informed that they were Covid-19 positive.

The two candidates of French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party have been chosen as the territory's members of the French Senate.

French Polynesia will today choose its two members of the French Senate.

The Covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti's prison and infected 20 people.

A group in French Polynesia calling itself the Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi has been evicted by police from land it had occupied at a marae in Tahiti for four months.