Tag: Paris Olympics
Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut
By Amit Sarwal
The Paris Olympics might be over, but in a stunning turn of events on the last weekend Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn,...
French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Polynesia's homeboy Kauli Vaast has won the Olympic gold medal in the men's shortboard finals...
Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist
The Fijiana women's sevens rugby team have lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics today and...
Fiji falls short as Dupont rallies France to claim Olympics rugby...
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist in Paris
France has claimed their first Olympic Games sevens rugby gold medal with a 28-7 win...
Paris Olympics in Tahiti: Surfing by day, luxury floating at night
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
As French Polynesia's Olympic surfing competition began this weekend, it will be the only event to...
French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to...
RNZ Pacific
The French Ambassador to the Pacific says President Emmanuel Macron is yet to sign-off on a letter from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)...
France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal -- state of the art armoured vehicles...
‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris...
Tahiti disaster expected to be called after Teahupo’o village flooded
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Cars have been swept out to sea and homes damaged after extensive flooding this week in the south Tahiti...