“You cannot be French on Monday and Chinese on Tuesday.” –French President Emmanuel Macron, 2021. When it comes to foreign relations, national and local narratives are not always aligned in the French ...

For miles on end there are hardly any inhabitants in sight on the French Polynesian island of Nuku Hiva. This South Pacific utopia is one of the world’s most remote locations and is an extraordinary ...

It’s a cloudless morning and the sun is shining brightly off the coast of French Polynesia’s capital and largest city, Papeete, enhancing the water’s already vibrant shades of blue. Though just meters ...

Last August, Sonya Moore ticked French Polynesia off her travel bucket list. Despite a lot of planning before the trip, looking back, there are a few things she'd have done differently. She would have ...

We cleared through the Panama Canal and sailed back into Pacific waters for the first time in a decade-but I looked west from our 50-footer, Atea, with a sense of despondency. All of our sailing ...

How did the Polynesian peoples come to live on the far-flung islands of the Pacific? The question has intrigued researchers for centuries. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl brought the topic to public ...

RAROTONGA – In a far flung corner of the South Pacific a secessionist movement is stirring with its protagonists preparing for a major battle looming half a world away. And if Oscar Manutahi Temaru ...