Ia Ora te Nuna'a

Long Live the People Ia Ora te Nunaʻa
President	Teva Rohfritsch
Secretary-General	Manfred Chave
Deputy President	Nicole Bouteau
Founded	2022 (2022)
Split from	Tāpura Huiraʻatira
Ideology	French Polynesian autonomy Anti-independence
Regional affiliation	Amui Tatou
Colours	Blue and yellow
National Assembly (French Polynesian seats)	0 / 3
Senate (French Polynesian seats)	1 / 2
Assembly of French Polynesia	0 / 57
Politics of French Polynesia Political parties Elections

Ia Ora te Nunaʻa (lit. 'Long Live the People') is an autonomist political party in French Polynesia. The party was founded in December 2022 by Teva Rohfritsch and Nicole Bouteau.[1]

The party was formed after Rohfritsch and Bouteau resigned from the ruling Tāpura Huiraʻatira citing dissatisfaction with the government of Edouard Fritch.[2] It was officially launched on 8 December 2022.[3] Rohfritsch and Bouteau were joined by Teura Tarahu-Atuahiva in the Assembly, as well as by former Assembly President Marcel Tuihani.[3] The objectives of the party are autonomy (as opposed to independence) for French Polynesia, social justice, protection of the environment, and decentralisation.[3][4] The party intends to contest the 2023 elections.

In January 2023 Marcel Tuihani quit the party, saying that it was not organised enough to contest the election.[5]

The party came fifth in the first round of the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election, with 4.36% of the vote. It subsequently called on its voters to vote for either of the autonomist parties in the second round.[6]

Election results

Territorial elections

Year	1st round			2nd round			Seats
	Votes	%	Place	Votes	%	Place
2023	5,423	4.36	5th

References

1. "Ex-ministers form new party in French Polynesia". RNZ. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. "Three former key Tapura members ponder founding new party in Tahiti". RNZ. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
3. "Rohfritsch et Bouteau lancent leur parti Ia Ora te Nūna'a" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
4. "Ia Ora Te Nuna'a se dévoile" (in French). Radio1. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
5. "Marcel Tuihani quitte déjà Ia Ora te Nuna'a" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
6. "Teva Rohfritsch : "Il faut voter autonomiste"" (in French). Tahiti Infos. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.