The leader of the pro-independence Tavini list, Oscar Temaru, after the second round of the territorial elections in Tahiti on April 30, 2023. SULIANE FAVENNEC / AFP In French Polynesia, the ...

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Surfers are due to catch the first waves of the Paris 2024 contests in nine months in Tahiti, some 15,000 kilometres (9,300 miles) from the French capital, but a plan to build a giant tower in a ...

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Organizers of the Paris Olympics said Wednesday that building work will continue on a new tower for judges and TV cameras at the surfing venue in Tahiti despite the sport's governing body saying it no ...

Paris (AFP) – The head of French Polynesia said Tuesday that construction on a beach tower to be used by judges during this year's Olympics surfing contest was "going well" after a scandal-hit start.

French broadcast infrastructure firm TDF has launched a data center in French Polynesia. The company last week announced the opening of its data center at the Pic Rouge area of the capital, Papeete.

France has deployed fighters to the Pacific island of Tahiti for the first time as part of a demonstration of French air power in the Indo-Pacific region. Three Dassault Rafales supported by two ...

Last Thursday morning, at around 7am Tahiti time, an amazing thing happened: The Olympic flame arrived in Teahupoo. It will now travel 12,000 miles to the other side of the planet in its now famous ...