French Polynesia

A cable connecting four Polynesian countries has been readied for operation.

French Polynesia's opposition has asked the government to make masks available for free after it decided last week to make them compulsory on public transport.

The French Polynesian government has advised the owners of a stranded Chinese fishing vessel that it must offload its cargo in a way to protect the Arutua lagoon.

The French Polynesian government is considering using part of a site earlier earmarked for a massive tourism development to build a private medical clinic. The plot on Tahiti is part...

A Hawai'i-linked group in French Polynesia has moved to enthrone a king of its self-proclaimed kingdom.

A preliminary court ruling in French Polynesia has stopped the expulsion of a descendant of the Tahitian royal family from a land area in Puna'auia.

A Chinese fishing vessel which ran aground in French Polynesia four months ago remains stuck on the reef of Arutua atoll.

Reports from French Polynesia say some guesthouses won't accept travellers from outside the territory amid concern over the possible spread of Covid-19.

The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it has paid out $US30 million to victims of France's nuclear weapons test since 2010.

The French Polynesian government has again extended a permit for the Chinese company Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods to build a large fuel tank for its planned fish farm on Hao atoll.

Cruise ship tourism has restarted in French Polynesia after a four-month interruption because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A resident returning to French Polynesia has been placed in isolation amid suspicion that he entered Tahiti using forged health records.

French Polynesia has rescinded its order for anyone over the age of 11 to wear a mask in enclosed public places.

The first flight carrying tourists to French Polynesia has arrived from the United States - four months after Covid‐19 shut down commercial air travel.

French Polynesia has lifted the seven-day mandatory quarantine for incoming travellers to boost its struggling tourism sector.

An estimated 3000 visitors are expected in French Polynesia by the end of this month as the territory opens up for international travel this week.

A Brazilian man is being held in French Polynesia charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

The prosecutor in French Polynesia has reminded people fined for breaching Covid-19 restrictions to make a donation to the Red Cross by the end of the next month to be spared a criminal record.