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French Polynesia

July 2024

  • A Teahupo’o wave crashes down

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Point break? Why sharing its ‘secret’ wave with the Olympics could cost a tiny Tahitian village dear

    This week all eyes will be on Teahupo’o as it hosts the world’s best surfers. Many islanders welcome the new infrastructure brought by the 2024 Paris Games, but are concerned that any benefits will be undone by longer-term damage
  • Mountain Otemanu in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. There are many colored artificial lights in the shore reflecting in the flat calm sea water.

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their doom, coral reef study finds

    Light pollution acts as ‘midnight fridge’, drawing in young fish, then predators, according to tests in French Polynesia
  • Three Tahitians, an 1899 painting by Paul Gauguin

    Artist or monster? Mammoth new Gauguin show reckons with colonial legacy – to limited success

    The National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao acknowledges the French master’s misdeeds in the Pacific – but just as easily omits or distracts from them

March 2024

  • 24 year old Wilson Piritauarii Tuhiti Poareu, at his home in Papara, of Tahiti in French Polynesia.

    24 in 2024
    24 in 2024: marriage dreams, back to school and barefoot in Tahiti

    Stockroom worker Wilson Poareu plans to study accounting and feels hopeful despite the world facing ‘more difficulties’ this year

January 2024

  • A double-hulled, twin-masted Polynesian sailing canoe about 19 metres long

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Off the charts: how a Polynesian canoe inspired a renaissance in traditional seafaring

    The Hōkūleʻa’s oceanic voyages, navigated by the stars, have led other Indigenous people to revive their own ancient traditions – and serve as a call to action on the climate

December 2023

  • Officials ride a jet-ski during the Outerknown Tahiti Pro 2022 in Teahupo’o, French Polynesia with the old wooden tower in the background.

    World surfing body joins local opposition to controversial new Olympics tower in Tahiti

  • A tourist snorkels the reef off Palau

    The price of paradise?
    Short hops and economy class: five expert tips on how to reduce your emissions on holiday

  • Bora Bora volcano and lagoon.<br>Aerial view of Bora Bora island, French Polynesia

    The price of paradise?
    Paradise divided: French Polynesia wrestles with lure of mass cruise tourism

  • Beautiful clear water and a white sandy beach around a tropical island in Fiji

    The price of paradise?
    Paradise cost: the Pacific islands changing the future of tourism

November 2023

  • Rock sampling taking place off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

    Here be nodules: will deep-sea mineral riches divide the Pacific family?

    Members of the Pacific Islands Forums are weighing the economic potential of sea floor mining against possible harm to ocean ecosystems

October 2023

  • The judges’ tower at Teahupo’o

    Tahiti surf tower sparks protests against Olympics ‘kooks’ before Paris 2024

    Residents of Teahupo’o are considering more protests to stop Olympic organisers building a three-story aluminium tower on their reef

July 2023

  • France's president Emmanuel Macron

    Pacific project
    Macron to visit New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea on ‘historic’ Pacific tour

    Trip marks the first time a French president will visit independent countries in the Pacific as US and China jostle for power in the region

  • Australian sailor 'so grateful' for rescue off Mexico after three months adrift with dog – video

    An Australian sailor has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months

    • ‘So grateful’: Australian sailor who survived three months adrift off Mexico back on dry land

    • Stranded Australian sailor and dog rescued following months surviving on raw fish and rainwater

    • Pacific project
      Tahiti digs in to protect ‘most beautiful wave’ ahead of Olympic surf event

April 2023

  • Two partula snails with dots of red UV-reflective paint on shells

    Polynesian snails release is biggest ever of ‘extinct in the wild’ species

    Misguided introduction of alien predator saw partula snails driven from their habitat – but zoos have reared new populations

July 2022

  • Pacific leaders taking a selfie at the Pacific Islands Forum

    The Pacific project
    Smiles and unity at the Pacific Islands Forum mask tough questions shelved for another day

    While leaders presented a picture of harmony, more vexing topics like Australia’s fossil fuel ambitions and China were kicked down the road

May 2022

  • A cheese-dream of paranoia and despair … Pacifiction.

    Pacifiction review – trouble in paradise, in apocalyptic Tahitian mystery

    Benoît Magimel’s French high commissioner confronts the end of his personal Eden in Tahiti, in Albert Serra’s distinctive film

April 2022

  • Mo'orea Island is the second most visited island in French Polynesia, and is seeing a boom in tourism, which is leading some locals to be concerned.

    The Pacific project
    Private paradise: The French Polynesian island locking locals out of beaches

    A huge tourist boom on Mo’orea Island has seen privatisation of coastline, with just three public beaches left
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