Ia Ora te Nunaʻa () is an autonomist political party in

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

. The party was founded in December 2022 by

Teva Rohfritsch Teva Rohfritsch (born 3 February 1975) is a French Polynesian politician and former Cabinet Minister. Since 2020 he has been one of French Polynesia's two senators in the French Senate, sitting with the Rally of Democrats, Progressives and Indepe ...

and

Nicole Bouteau Nicole Bouteau (born 1969) is a French Polynesian politician. She is a member of the Assembly of French Polynesia and a former Minister of Tourism. She is the daughter of artist Fauura Bouteau. Education Bouteau has a masters degree from the Uni ...

. The party was formed after Rohfritsch and Bouteau resigned from the ruling

Tāpura Huiraʻatira Tapura Huiraatira () is a political party in French Polynesia. It was founded on 20 February 2016 by members of Tahoera'a Huiraatira (), a parliamentary coalition in the Assembly of French Polynesia, as well as other smaller parties such as Fet ...

citing dissatisfaction with the government of Edouard Fritch. It was officially launched on 8 December 2022. Rohfritsch and Bouteau were joined by Teura Tarahu-Atuahiva in the Assembly, as well as by former Assembly President Marcel Tuihani. The objectives of the party are autonomy (as opposed to independence) for French Polynesia, social justice, protection of the environment, and decentralisation. The party intends to contest the

2023 elections The following elections were scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains calendar of elections around the world * 2023 United Nations Security Council election * 2023 national electoral calendar * 2023 local elec ...

. In January 2023 Marcel Tuihani quit the party, saying that it was not organised enough to contest the election. The party came fifth in the first round of the

2023 French Polynesian legislative election Legislative elections were held in French Polynesia on 16 and 30 April 2023 to elect 57 representatives of the Assembly of French Polynesia, Assembly. The last election was in 2018 French Polynesian legislative election, 2018. The pro-autonomi ...

, with 4.36% of the vote. It subsequently called on its voters to vote for either of the autonomist parties in the second round.

Election results

Territorial elections

References

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