French Polynesia

French Polynesia has recorded another 46 Covid-19 cases, raising the tally for August to 511.

The Greens in French Polynesia have presented their candidates for the two French Senate seats to be filled in four weeks.

French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike on Thursday unless Covid-19 measures are tightened.

Reports from French Polynesia say four people have been detained at Tahiti's airport for trying to smuggle methamphetamine into the territory.

French Polynesia has recorded another 35 Covid-19 cases, bringing its total for the month to 420.

Several people working at French Polynesia's assembly have tested positive for Covid-19.

French Polynesia's health minister Jacques Raynal says despite a worsening Covid-19 situation a state of emergency and a lockdown are not being considered.

The owner of a Taiwanese fishing boat abandoned in French Polynesia three years ago has been fined almost $US10 million for failing to comply with environmental standards.

French Polynesia has recorded another 18 Covid-19 infections, raising the total for this month to 353.

French Polynesia's churches have been allowed to stay open despite a rapid rise in Covid-19 infections.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has announced his intention to run for a seat in the French Senate.

Seven people with Covid-19 in French Polynesia are now in hospital, including three in intensive care.

French Polynesia has recorded another 35 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of infections in latest outbreak of the coronavirus to 287.

A Papeete school will reopen this week despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia has recorded its biggest single-day increase in Covid-19 infections.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch says more than 600 people were refused boarding in Paris and Los Angeles in the past month for failing to meet the requirements to enter Tahiti.

Two adult education centres in French Polynesia have been closed after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.