French Polynesia

A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a new finance minister for French Polynesia, and 'riots' risk no longer covered by New Caledonia insurance companies.

Commodore Geoffroy d'Andigné warned against a false sense of security in the Pacific Ocean, or to think that a conflict on the other side of the world would not affect the region.

Tahiti's, Kauli Vaast, 22, has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's shortboard finals of the Paris 2024 surfing event.

As the Olympics get going in earnest this week, not everyone's attention is focused on host city Paris. Surf fans are heading to Tahiti, half a world away in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia's Marquesas islands are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage list.

As French Polynesia's Olympic surfing competition begins at the weekend, it will be the only event to host athletes in a floating hotel.

French Polynesia's veteran politician, Gaston Flosse, 93, announced last week he is stepping down from his position as President of his Amuitahiraa o te Nunaa Maohi party.

The first step in the multi-million-dollar project is for the Google ship to study the ocean's bottom and plot the best possible route, while taking into account environmental factors.

Most of the incumbent MPs for the French Pacific have announced they will run again.

A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including New Caledonia's pro-French party, Rassemblement, electing its first Kanak president.

French Polynesia's vice-president Eliane Tevahitua wants Paris to return human remains taken by museums and private collectors in the 19th and 20th century.

The one-hour documentary focuses on daily life in one of PNG capital's slums, where most essential services have collapsed and lawlessness and crime seem to be the only remaining rules.

French Polynesia is set to host as many as five of the recently-announced trans-Pacific Google undersea cables, President Moetai Brotherson has confirmed.

A judicial enquiry has been launched in French Polynesia to determine whether some members of the Parliament can be held responsible for racist hate speech.

A vast anti-drugs operation was carried out earlier this month in French Polynesia as a preparation exercise for the Paris 2024 Olympics in July next year.

Analysis - The ongoing saga surrounding the host site for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games surfing competition on world-renowned Teahupoo beach (Tahiti Island) seems to have found a sense of closure.

French Polynesia has held for the first time a series of consultations and panel discussions dedicated to the rights of the local LGBTQIA+ community and its place in the local and Pacific society.

French Polynesia's main island of Tahiti has been mopping up at the weekend following several days of torrential rains which triggered mass flooding late last week.