French Polynesia Just Created The World’s Largest Marine Protected Area

French Polynesia announced the creation of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), at the U.N. Ocean Conference in France on Monday. The MPA will cover the entirety of the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), almost 5 million square...

French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s president has announced his administration will establish one of the world’s largest networks of highly protected marine areas (MPAs). The highly protected areas will safeguard 220,000 sq km of remote waters near the...

French Polynesia president announces highly protected marine area

Gambier Islands Photo: Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy French Polynesia's president has announced his administration will establish one of the world's largest networks of highly protected marine areas (MPAs). The highly protected areas will safeguard...

French Polynesia Creates World's Largest Marine Protected Area

Corals on the outer slop of the lagoon in Tatakoto, a remote atoll in French Polynesia. Credit - Alexis Rosenfeld—Getty Images French Polynesia announced the creation of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), at the U.N. Ocean Conference...

French Polynesia will create world’s largest Marine Protected Area

The government will create an artisanal fishing zone – collectively covering 186,000 square kilometres – that extends 15 nautical miles from the Austral, Marquesas, and Gambier islands and 30 nautical miles around the Society Islands. The...

Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: French Polynesia, a Model of Shared Sovereignty?

As Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his visits to Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore – where he delivered the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue at the end of May – the French president reaffirmed the Indo-Pacific’s strategic importance for both...

Value oceans, don't plunder them, French Polynesia leader tells AFP

French Polynesia pledged this week to create the world's largest marine protected area to safeguard its seas -- and it hopes to encourage others to lift their game.The archipelago in the far South Pacific Ocean, an overseas territory of France, is...

French Polynesia’s Wall of sharks

My investigation starts in Fakarava’s south pass where I spotted the famous ‘wall of sharks’ at the beginning of my trip. To find out why so many grey reef sharks gather here around the year, I meet up with Yannis P. Papastamatiou, associate...

Pacific news in brief for 28 October

Angau Memorial Hospital (file image) Photo: RNZI Papua New Guinea Power outages in Papua New Guinea is affecting Angau Memorial General Hospital in Lae, Morobe province, the regional hospital's chief executive says. The National newspaper reports...

The health impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia – archive, 1981

Pacific islanders agitate in the shadow of the bomb By Christopher Price 17 September 1981 A recent Canard cartoon shows Adam and Eve looking at an H-bomb. “Look, H for Hernu,” (the new Socialist defence minister), says Adam. “Yes and for Horror,...

SPTO Board of Directors Convenes in Vava’u, Tonga

Key Resolutions Passed to Advance Regional Tourism Governance and Strategic Planning The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) Board of Directors convened its annual meeting on Monday, 20 October 2025, at Puataukanave Hotel, Vava’u, Tonga....

French Navy Falcon 50M Triton maritime patrol aircraft deploys to Indo-Pacific

The French Navy says a Falcon 50M Triton from Flottille 25F is operating in the Asia Pacific under Mission Himantura, after joining Exercise Sama Sama 25 in the Philippines from 6 to 17 October and then moving to Japan for Enforcement Coordination...

Brando Private French Polynesia Island Resort Review, Photos 2025

About eight hours by direct flight from the seen-and-be-seen eating places and pink carpets of Hollywood is a resort on a distant speck of a non-public island. It was there that Barack Obama wrote his post-White Home memoirs, the place Kim...

Rotorua Labour weekend: Thousands of mountain bikers in town for Whaka 100

“This year we are hoping to increase that number even more with a record number of participants and more countries represented this year.” Competing riders were from New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, China, Taiwan, Japan, the UK, Puerto Rico,...

The international consortium that wants to turn seaweed into a trillion dollar industry 

What do ice cream, pet food, makeup, biostimulants and health supplements all have in common? Seaweed. Thanks to its ability to act as a binder and provide key nutrients like iodine or nitrogen, plus its quick growth, seaweed is a secret sauce in...

Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event

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Cook Islands and French Polynesia look to strengthen cooperation

RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS GOVT) — Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, met virtually with Moetai Brotherson, President of French Polynesia, last week reaffirming the historical ties between their peoples and to discuss opportunities for enhanced...

Luxury cruises just got more affordable – with a $1,500 flight credit, this small-ship cruise is unlocking travel to French Polynesia!

Paul Gauguin Cruises, part of the PONANT Explorations Group, is offering Australian travellers an AUD1,500 per person flight credit* on select 2025 and 2026 voyages aboard the newly refurbished m/s Paul Gauguin. “We are delighted to extend this...

Cook Islands, French Polynesia strengthen bilateral relations,eye key agreements

Prime Minister Mark Brown and the President of French Polynesia, Moetai Brotherson, pictured in 2023 during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU/23116062 The Cook Islands has strengthened its relations with...

‘Playing gods with the cradle of life’: French Polynesia’s president issues warning over deep-sea mining

French Polynesia’s president has issued a stark warning over the risks of deep-sea mining, saying it will be allowed in his territory “over my dead body” as he argues the potential for environmental damage outweighs any benefits. Moetai...