Category: French Polynesia
Winners of the Papeete International Oceanian Film Festival
by Ted Wood | Feb 12, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia
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,...
Read MoreAir Moana makes its debut
by Ted Wood | Feb 10, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, Travel
The inter-island airline made two inaugural flights to Bora Bora on 8 February. The aim was to...
Read MoreFifo: the International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival
by Ted Wood | Feb 9, 2023 | Area, Culture, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
The International Oceanian Documentary Film Festival is taking place in Tahiti from February 12 to...
Read MoreNo to retirement at 64
by Ted Wood | Feb 9, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, In Short, New Caledonia
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 Moreby Ted Wood | Feb 4, 2023 | French Polynesia, In Short
The 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)...
Read MoreFrench astronaut Thomas Pesquet is in Tahiti
by Ted Wood | Jan 29, 2023 | Area, Environment, French Polynesia
He accepted the invitation of the students of the Mission school The students of La Mission school...
Read MoreA new military ship for Caledonia
by Ted Wood | Jan 18, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Wallis and Futuna
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...
Read MoreThe Marquesas want to stay in France
by Ted Wood | Nov 9, 2022 | Area, French Polynesia, Politics
For the first time, the chiefs (Hakaiki) of the six Marquesas islands have decided to join...
Read MoreA pregnant woman and three children missing
by Ted Wood | Nov 9, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, French Polynesia
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
by Ted Wood | Nov 6, 2022 | Area, French Polynesia
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...
Read MoreThe Marquesas Islands on the World Heritage List
by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2022 | Area, Economy, Environment, French Polynesia, Travel
The Marquesas Islands’ application for Unesco World Heritage status was presented on Tuesday...
Read MorePolynesia, “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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- One kilo of cocaine seized in Noumea
On 8 February, two men aged 45 and 48 living in New Caledonia were arrested by the police. Customs seized one kilo of cocaine hidden in a postal parcel. The investigators also seized one gram of ecstasy. The two traffickers had been under surveillance for some time. They had picked up a parcel at the post office in which the drugs were hidden in a small portable enclosure. The police are now working hard to find the dealers' customers. This is the largest cocaine seizure in Caledonia in recent years.