Tag: Tavini Huiraatira
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French desk correspondent
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week's French Polynesia sitting of the...
‘We carry the voice of the colonised people’, delegates tell UN
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
France's grip on its overseas territories in the Pacific may be waning, with pro-independence delegates now claiming to have...
Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case
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...
Four women feature in Tahiti’s new Tavini Huira’atira government
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's newly-elected President Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women.
Brotherson has confirmed his pre-election choice of Eliane Tevahitua...
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...
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...
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...
Tahiti’s pro-independence party tops vote — another winning streak?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Pape’ete
As the ballots were counted after the first day of voting in Mā’ohi Nui/French Polynesia territorial election first...
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...
Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining.
Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...
France’s refusal to engage over Tahiti decolonisation ‘increasingly untenable’
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party says France's refusal to engage in any UN-supervised decolonisation process is becoming increasingly untenable.
In 2013, the UN...
France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific...
RNZ Pacific
The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French...
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...
Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly
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...
Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of...
Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited
RNZ Pacific
Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000...
Thousands rally in Tahiti in protest over nuclear weapons legacy
RNZ Pacific
Several thousand people in French Polynesia have joined a march demanding France own up to the damage caused by its nuclear weapons tests.
The...
France denies covering-up deadly nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French government has denied any cover-up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region, as...