Tahiti

The French overseas minister has visited a shelter for abused women in Tahiti as part of her engagements during her five-day stay in French Polynesia.

A French health specialist says a quarter of children on an atoll near Moruroa got cancer nearly half a century after France's nuclear tests in French Polynesia.

Tahiti has its first World Surf League Champion after Vahine Fierro claimed the 2017 WSL Junior Championship at Australia's Bombo beach this week.

The Pacific Games Council says Tahiti's absence from the Mini Games in Vanuatu has damaged the brand of the Games.

Tahiti has been suspended from the Pacific Games Council due to "political interference" from the French Polynesian Government.

Tahitian rugby sevens players will not compete at the Pacific Mini Games after pulling the plug at the eleventh hour.

More than 5000 people packed out the Korman Stadium in Vanuatu and celebrated at the opening ceremony of the 10th Pacific Mini Games last night.

Air France has replaced more of its Tahiti flights with a Portuguese carrier because of strike action.

The Pacific Games Council is resigned to only a small delegation from Tahiti taking part in next month's Mini Games in Vanuatu.

The airline French Blue says it will have its inaugural flight to French Polynesia on 11 May.

French Polynesia's president Edouard Fritch says the government has made no decision about next month's Pacific Mini-Games in Vanuatu despite reports of an official boycott.

The former President of Tahiti's Olympic Committee Tauhiti Nena has dismissed the Government's proposed boycott of the Pacific Mini Games.