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
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.
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
Political parties in French Polynesia
2022 establishments in French Polynesia
Political parties established in 2022
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