Tahiti

Former French military bases on Tahiti will be returned to French Polynesian communities for the price of one euro.

A small group has lodged a protest outside French Polynesia's presidency in Papeete against plans to resume phosphate mining.

The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch has praised Francois Hollande for his courage not to seek re-election as France's president next year.

A stoppage time strike from Emmanual Poila gave Solomon Islands a dramatic last-gasp 1-0 victory against Tahiti in Honiara to boost their chances in Stage 3 of Oceania FIFA World Cup qualifying.

A second-half free kick from Tauhiti Keck has given Tahiti a narrow 1-0 victory over Solomon Islands in Papeete, in Stage 3 of Oceania Football World Cup qualifying.

Tahiti and Solomon Islands square off tonight in the third round of FIFA World Cup qualifying in Papeete.

The French Polynesian public works minister has received a delegation from an anti-nuclear group over a shipment of gravel which the groups says is irradiated.

Reports from Tahiti say the president of French Polynesia's assembly Marcel Tuihani has been detained for questioning.

The French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has spoken out against a call to declare a state of emergency in Tahiti.

The French Polynesian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned China Railway to pursue renewable energy projects.

Police in France have jailed a 20-year-old Tahitian after he was suspected of wanting to commit a terror act in France.

Vanuatu are refusing to look beyond this afternoon's final group match against New Caledonia at the Oceania Under 20 Men's Football Championship.

One of the three people in French Polynesia labelled as Islamic extremists has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for assaulting his partner.

A baby sea lion that managed to find its way to a remote French Polynesian island has died. Audio

Investigators in French Polynesia have briefly detained the public works minister as part of a probe into suspected irregularities in a tendering process.

A French nuclear expert has been reinstated, three years after the previous government sacked him as the head of the territory's body concerned with the aftermath of the French nuclear weapons tests.

French Polynesia's Protestant church has decided to take France to the International Criminal Court over the legacy of the French nuclear weapons tests.

Tahiti came from two goals and a man down to force a 2-2 draw with Papua New Guinea, whiel New Caledonia went top of Group A at the Oceania Nations Cup in Port Moresby.