Category: French Polynesia
Winners of the Papeete International Oceanian Film Festival
The Caledonian film Waan Yaat won the second special prize of the Jury at the FIFO (International Oceanian Film Festival of Papeete). The film recounts the case of the Hienghène ambush in 1984. On 5 December 1984, in Waan Yaat,...
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Air Moana makes its debut
The inter-island airline made two inaugural flights to Bora Bora on 8 February. The aim was to...
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Fifo: the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
The International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival is taking place in Tahiti from February 12 to...
Read MoreNo to retirement at 64
A new demonstration was organised on Tuesday 7 February against the national pension reform. This time there was no march, but a sit-in organised in front of the high commission in the capital Papeete. The demonstrators refuse...
Read MoreThe Marquesas change their name The Marquesas archipelago will henceforth be called Te Henua Enata (Land of Men, in Marquesan). The six mayors, as well as the academics, agreed, respecting the names of the North (Te Henua Enana)...
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French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is in Tahiti
He accepted the invitation of the students of the Mission school The students of La Mission school...
Read MoreA new military ship for Caledonia
The military ship, the Auguste Bénébig, is one of six patrol boats designed to reinforce the French Navy’s resources in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is at sea to reach Noumea. It weighs 1,300 tonnes and has a range of...
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The Marquesas want to stay in France
For the first time, the chiefs (Hakaiki) of the six Marquesas islands have decided to join...
Read MoreA pregnant woman and three children missing
They were swept away by the river’s current. A pregnant woman in her thirties and three children aged 7, 6 and 4 were still being sought on Monday morning in the Papeno’o valley, following the tragedy that occurred...
Read MoreGaston Flosse favours a sovereign state shared with France
Jacques Chirac’s old friend believes this is the only way forward for Polynesia. After a new conviction, the 91 year old lion creates a new party in favour of French Polynesia becoming a sovereign state associated with...
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The Marquesas Islands on the World Heritage List
The Marquesas Islands’ application for Unesco World Heritage status was presented on Tuesday...
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Polynesia, “the most welcoming and friendly country in the world
The luxury travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, has released the results of its traditional...
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