“Tahitian dance is all about the legs,” he adds. That much is obvious when you watch the show. From the men performing the paoti move — which is a “scissor” movement of the legs — to when the women ...

The scene after a landslide led to the evacuation of 29 homes in Afaahiti on November 27, 2025. HIGH COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC IN FRENCH POLYNESIA A landslide on the French Pacific island of Tahiti ...

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French Polynesian authorities have retrieved a total of eight bodies that were buried following a major landslide on its main island of Tahiti. The disaster struck several houses in the town of ...

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PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - A landslide in the French Polynesia island of Tahiti left seven people dead, the French overseas department said in a statement on Thursday.

Extensive search is underway in French Polynesia's main island of Tahiti, following a landslide that struck several houses in the small town of Afaahiti-Taravao (Southeast of the main island of Tahiti ...