Tag: Tahitian elections
‘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...
Brotherson’s new cabinet for Tahiti expected to be mainly women
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's presidential candidate Moetai Brotherson has named four ministers in his proposed government, and confirmed he will vacate...
Historic pro-independence party poll victory in French Polynesia – video
By Stefan Armbruster
A pro-independence party has decisively won elections in French Polynesia, marking a historic shift in one of France’s Pacific territories.
Veteran politician Oscar...
Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva
Mā'ohi Nui's blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir'atira has won its bet -- to be back in the helm...
French Polynesia set for president who favours independence after election
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira party has won the election for a new 57-member Territorial Assembly, paving the way...
Tahitian voters go to polls for crucial run-off territorial election
RNZ Pacific
Voting has started in French Polynesia in the second round to elect a new Territorial Assembly for a five-year term.
About 200,000 voters can...
Hasty Tahiti electoral alliance accused of serving up ‘same soup’ by...
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
Politicians in French Polynesia have reacted with scorn over the ruling party's hastily-convened electoral alliance with an opposition party,...
Tahiti’s Fritch warns against ‘chaos’ if his anti-independence party loses
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch has warned of "chaos", should his party lose power to the pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira.
In...
Temaru’s pro-independence party wins round one of French Polynesia’s elections
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party has come out on top in the first round of the territorial elections.
The...
French Polynesia election campaigning now in final week for Sunday’s vote
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
Campaigning for French Polynesia's territorial elections has entered its final week.
Dressed in their parties' respective colours, supporters of several...
Pro-independence party Tavini’s heals rift with ‘unity and credibility’ congress
By Antoine Samoyeau in Pape’ete
About 3000 activists of French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party met for six hours at the weekend with the executives...
Fritch slams Tahiti pro-independence wins for Paris as ‘catastrophic’
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch has described the election of three candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party to the French National Assembly...
Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him...
Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat
RNZ Pacific
France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction of French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse, effectively ending his political career.
It confirmed a 2020...
Tong Sang voted in as new French Polynesia assembly president
French Polynesia's Territorial Assembly has elected the ruling Tapura Huiraatira party's Gaston Tong Sang as its new assembly president for a five-year term, reports...
Macron begins New Caledonia visit as independence vote looms
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
French President Emmanuel Macron today began a three-day visit to New Caledonia - six months before the territory's vote on independence...
