French Polynesia

France's highest administrative court has ruled that French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch can retain the presidency, if his party wins next year's territorial election.

The trial of 11 people caught in French Polynesia with more than a ton of cocaine on their yachts has started in Paris.

The lawyers for a disbarred and retired medical doctor in French Polynesia have asked for his trial to be deferred for a sixth time.

The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of France's nuclear weapons tests.

The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, the French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch says.

New Zealand have won the OFC Under-19 Championship 2022 after a 3-0 win over Fiji in Papeete.

Customs officials and police in French Polynesia have seized 423 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in a Swedish yacht.

Three senior members of French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira party, who resigned last week, say they may form a new party.

The consul-general of New Zealand for the French Pacific territories Felicity Roxburgh says New Zealand's presence in New Caledonia is historical.

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.