Tag: Tahitian independence

RNZ Te Manu Korihi Tahiti will mark Matari'i as a national public holiday for the first time in November, following in the footsteps of Matariki...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly's dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are...

RNZ Pacific The Appeal Court in French Polynesia has acquitted the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and two others in the case of the funding of...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

RNZ Pacific In an unprecedented result, French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party candidates have won a clean sweep of all three seats in the French...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, has been held for questioning over the funding of his defence in a...