The overseas territory of French Polynesia (Polynésie Française) in the South Pacific Ocean includes five island groups. The Society Islands (Îles de la Société) were discovered by the British in 1767 and named after...

French Polynesia (French: Polynésie française, Tahitian: Pōrīnetia Farāni) is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society...

Recent developments in French Polynesia can be viewed through the prism of the forthcoming bumper election year in 2001 when, by coincidence, both the territorial and the municipal governments come up for renewal. Certainly the policies and machinations of both the incumbent government...

Environmentalists were very pleased by the French decision to suspend nuclear testing in the South Pacific, but the people of French Polynesia where the testing took place are not as happy. The French military presence has brought a great deal of prosperity to their...

A small airplane plunged into the sea moments after taking off from the French Polynesian resort island of Moorea, apparently killing all 20 people aboard in the territory's worst-ever plane crash, officials said Friday.Two Australian tourists, two European Union officials, and a group of Polynesian...

Two centuries after a dazzlingly feathered parrot called the Rimitara lorikeet disappeared from the Cook Islands, a breeding colony of the birds has been re-established with the help of the islands' royalty.About 100 years ago after the parrots died out on the Cook Islands, the...

Specific goal: I want to inform my audience about the existence of a paradise located in the middle of the Eastern South Pacific, which is Tahiti, the country where I come from. I want them to know where French Polynesia and Tahiti are located comparing to the rest of the world, talk about its population to understand how friendly they are, and what a tourist can do to fully enjoy his trip there.