Category: French Polynesia
More gendarmes in Polynesia and New Caledonia
French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled the map of the 238 new gendarmerie brigades to be set up across France. The Pacific region has not been forgotten. There will be five new fixed and mobile brigades between now and...
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Miss Caledonia voting error
The elected Miss actually only came fourth The Miss world is in a state of shock. Four days after...
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The Minister of the Interior in Polynesia
Less than a month after his visit to New Caledonia with the President of the Republic, Gérald...
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A nuclear power station in New Caledonia?
The idea is to install two small nuclear power stations using a new technology. Christopher Gygès,...
Read MoreParking charges at Tahiti-Faa’a International Airport have rocketed
It’s true that prices around the world are very high… To park for an hour, the rate has been increased by… 100%. An increase of this magnitude is bound to arouse a great deal of public discontent. There...
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Polynesia: Dengue epidemic on the horizon
Health authorities warn the public According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 130 countries...
Read MoreThe state spends 2.5 billion francs in French Polynesia
2.5 billion Australian dollars – that’s how much the French state invested in French Polynesia last year. A figure that is set to rise in relation to 2021, according to the public media Polynésie 1ère, which points...
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Ravahere miss Tahiti 2023
In French Polynesia, the election of miss Tahiti is a major event. It keeps the myth of the vahiné...
Read MorePolynesian rescue team finds shipwrecked man in the Pacific, days after search was called off
An American shipwrecked man in a lifeboat was rescued by an oil tanker on Friday in the Pacific, 950 km east of the Marquesas Islands, several days after the search had been called off. It was found in the area monitored by...
Read MoreKite surfer attacked by shark
The attack took place in Arue on Sunday May 28. After New Caledonia, Polynesia… A young woman kite-surfing on the Arue lake “was bitten quite seriously on the buttock by a shark at around 2:35 pm”. The...
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Nations of water: the reality of climate change
The University of New Caledonia and the Pacific Islands University Research Network (PIURN)...
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Moetai Brotherson, President of French Polynesia
This is the second time that a pro-independence person has held this position. Moetai Brotherson...
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