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Tahiti

July 2024

  • Brazil's Gabriel Medina celebrates in supernatural style after making a difficult tube section in the fifth heat of the men's surfing at Teahupo’o during the Paris Olympics.

    ‘Conditions were perfect’: how the breathtaking image of Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina was taken

    Jérôme Brouillet’s photo of the floating surfer is a potentially defining image of the 2024 Olympics, and came off a wave that gave the Brazilian his best score yet
  • Australia's Jack Robinson rides a barrel in the second round of the men's Olympic surfing at Teahupo'o.

    Jack Robinson barrels into last 16 of Olympic surfing event in Tahiti as Molly Picklum exits

    Australian earns competition-high score of 9.87 in second round to progress into round three and join compatriots Tyler Wright and Ethan Ewing
  • 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

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

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

  • A wave at the Teahupo’o break in Tahiti

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

    World famous break Teahupo’o to host the 2024 competition but residents are fearful of damage to the pristine environment

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

February 2022

  • A diver shines a torch on a large sea fan soft corals

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Super corals: the race to save the world’s reefs from the climate crisis – in pictures

    Few corals are safe from warming oceans, a new study warns, but studies are finding surprisingly hardy corals, natural sunscreens and how coral ‘IVF’ can regrow reefs

January 2022

  • Scientist exploring the coral found off Tahiti

    The age of extinction
    ‘Like a work of art’: rare stretch of pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti

  • Rina Hanzawa was born and raised in Tokyo, she is one of thousands of women who have taken up Ori Tahiti, the traditional Polynesian dance, around the world.

    The Pacific project
    ‘It’s a revenge’: the global success of the Tahitian dance that Europeans tried to outlaw

August 2020

  • MS Roald Amundsen

    Two cruise ships hit by coronavirus weeks after industry restarts

    Outbreaks of Covid-19 recorded on MS Roald Amundsen in Norway and the Paul Gauguin in Tahiti

December 2019

  • John John Florence of Hawaii competes in the the Billabong Pipe Masters in Oahu on Wednesday.

    Swell news for Tahiti as Paris opts to host Olympic surfing 10,000 miles away

  • Owen Wright of Australia at this summer’s Tahiti Pro Teahupo’o contest in Tahiti, French Polynesia.

    Paris wants to host Olympic surfing competitions on Tahiti

August 2019

  • Owen Wright of Australia

    Helmeted Owen Wright wins maiden Tahiti Pro surfing title

    Owen Wright has finally claimed the Tahiti Pro surfing title after defeating world champion Gabriel Medina in the final

July 2018

  • 'Trouble in Tahiti' Musical by Leonard Bernstein performed by Opera North with Wallis Giunta as Dinah and Nicholas Butterfield, Fflur Wyn and Joseph Shovelton as the Trio

    Trouble in Tahiti: watch Bernstein's swinging one-act opera – video

    Opera North won terrific reviews for its production of Leonard Bernstein’s bittersweet one-act satire of suburban angst. To celebrate the great composer’s centenary you can watch the entire opera here, for free
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