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French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold

August 7, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s homeboy Kauli Vaast has won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s shortboard finals of the Paris 2024 surfing event and in the process made history in Teahupo’o. Radio 1 reports Vaast 22, an indigenous Tahitian, beat Australia’s Jack Robinson to become the first ... <a title="French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/french-polynesias-homeboy-king-of-teahupoo-wins-olympic-surf-gold/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold">Read more</a>

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Tahitians angry over New York Times Olympic ‘Poisoned Paradise’ story

August 4, 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French desk French Polynesia’s top leaders have voiced united angry protests against a New York Times story published this week headlined “Olympic Surfing Comes to a ‘Poisoned’ Paradise”. The story, published in Tuesday, was referring to the fallout in 1974 from one of the French nuclear tests — 193 ... <a title="Tahitians angry over New York Times Olympic ‘Poisoned Paradise’ story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/04/tahitians-angry-over-new-york-times-olympic-poisoned-paradise-story/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitians angry over New York Times Olympic ‘Poisoned Paradise’ story">Read more</a>