French Polynesia

The dismantled pieces of a Chinese fishing vessel stuck on a reef in French Polynesia will end up in New Zealand.

French Polynesia has voted a draft opinion for a temporary ban on seabed mining projects.

The trial of a disbarred and retired medical doctor in French Polynesia has been deferred for a fifth time.

Tahiti and the 2024 Olympic organisers have been working out the finer details of the Olympic Surf competition to be held in French Polynesia.

The office of the French Polynesian president says it wants to honour the memory of Bruno Barrillot who was the head of French Polynesia's body looking at the aftermath of France's nuclear weapons…

A team of French Polynesian firefighters have volunteered and are en route to help with bush fires in France.

French Polynesia's anti-nuclear Association 193 has regretted the lack of details in the 2021 report by the French nuclear compensation commission CIVEN.

The French nuclear compensation commission CIVEN says last year it paid out US$16.6 million to victims of France's nuclear weapons tests.

The French Polynesian government says it regrets that about a fifth of the territory's subsidised bread is being fed to animals, such as pigs and dogs.

France's ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu says his country shares the Pacific's ambition for regional integration.

Massive waves up to 5m high are expected to hit the Cook Islands again tomorrow, as repairs to widespread storm damage continues.

More huge waves are forecast as a clean-up starts on storm-damaged infrastructure in the Cook Islands, American Samoa and French Polynesia.

An unexpected weather event has damaged properties and flooded roads in the Cook Islands while French Polynesia is dealing with the aftermath of huge swells.

French Polynesia is being battered by 8-9 metre swells.