As local elections in French Polynesia are just three months away, new political ructions have come to fore.
Forty-eight communes are due to choose their administrations in March.
The capital Papeete is seeing controversy as the veteran politician Gaston Flosse wants to make a comeback there.
Walter Zweifel has been following developments and he told Koroi Hawkins what the controversy is all about.
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Gaston Flosse Photo: RNZ