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French Polynesia: New Zealand
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In 1892 French Polynesia was reopened by Elders Joseph W. Damron and William A. Seegmiller, sent from Samoa. Through the decades, international political and economic events have taken their toll on membership growth. Since 1950... the Church has experienced steady growth and progress. For example, the number and quality of buildings increased during the Building Missionary era of the 1950s and 1960s; temple excursions to New Zealand began in 1963; the Latter-day Saint Primary School was established from 1964 to 1982; the Tahiti Stake was created on 14 May 1972; and the Papeete Tahiti Temple was dedicated on 27 October 1983. In 1994 the French Polynesian Saints celebrated the sesquicentennial of the founding of the mission. At that time Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated French Polynesia for the preaching of the gospel.
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Three bills concerning air transportation are on the Assembly of French Polynesia's agenda as the government moves to develop funding to maintain air services with Paris. The establishment of the "Tahiti Nui Manureva" department is designed to enable Air Tahiti Nui to start flights from Pape'ete to Paris as a result of the problems faced by French airline AOM. The government ... wants to create a new passenger tax at Tahiti-Faa'a International Airport, effective as early as August 1st. It would range from 100 French Pacific francs (US$ 0.77) for each passenger's domestic flights to 1,000 French Pacific francs (US$ 7.70) for international flights. The plan also includes leasing a second Airbus aircraft for Air Tahiti Nui starting September 15th. Air Tahiti Nui currently operates one Airbus A340, which flies to Japan, the United States and New Zealand.
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Under amendments made to France’s Constitution in 2003 to decentralise power in France, French Polynesia is allowed - like other parts of France - some greater measures of local self-regulation. However, the constitutional amendments ... strongly anchored all the French overseas possessions to the French Republic by including the names of all ten overseas entities in the French Constitution. French Polynesia is among the ‘overseas collectivities’ (collectivités d’outre-mer), including Wallis and Futuna, which are governed by Article 74 of France’s Constitution. (New Caledonia is governed by Articles 76 and 77).
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Francis Sanford and John Teariki were the next major historical figures to demand greater autonomy and self-government for French Polynesia. They were ... opposed to the French nuclear testing programme in the Pacific. Following a series of nationalist protests in the 1970s, the French Parliament approved a new statute in 1977 and returned French Polynesia to an organisational structure resembling 1957. The French Governor became a High Commissioner and Sanford became the vice-president of the new government council in July 1977. From the 1970s Oscar Temaru, leader of the Tavini Huira’atira Party, was the leading voice of the independence movement.
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