| Country: | French Polynesia |
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| List of the People | |
| Native Name: | Tapura Huira‘atira |
| Leader1 Title: | 1st Vice President |
| Leader1 Name: | Vacant |
| President: | Édouard Fritch |
| Secretary General: | Nicole Bouteau |
| Headquarters: | 41 Colette Street, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France |
| Ideology: | Liberalism French Polynesian autonomy Anti-independence |
| Position: | Centre |
| National: | La République en marche |
| Regional: | Amui tatou |
| Seats1 Title: | National Assembly (French Polynesian seats) |
| Seats2 Title: | Senate (French Polynesian seats) |
| Seats3 Title: | Assembly of French Polynesia |
| Colours: | Red |
Tapura Huiraatira is a political party in French Polynesia. It was founded on 20 February 2016 by members of Tahoera'a Huiraatira (French: Rassemblement populaire), a parliamentary coalition in the Assembly of French Polynesia, as well as other smaller parties such as Fetia Api.[1] [2]
It is chaired by Édouard Fritch, the President of French Polynesia. Its first congress was attended by 8,000 people,[3] including 38 Polynesian mayors.[4] Nicole Sanquer was the party's only Member of Parliament[5] before she left to join A here ia Porinetia.
They wish to maintain political autonomy within the French Republic and continue to grow that relationship while strengthening ties with Oceania, given their geographical position.[6]
The party won 49 percent of the vote and 38 seats in the 2018 French Polynesian legislative election.[7] Fritch was re-elected as President of French Polynesia,[8] while Gaston Tong Sang was elected President of the Assembly.[9]
In March 2019 the party declared its support for La République En Marche! in the 2019 European Parliament election, resulting in criticism from its National Assembly and Senate members over a lack of consultation.[10]
In September 2022 Teva Rohfritsch, Nicole Bouteau and Philip Schyle resigned from the party, citing disappointment with Edouard Fritch's government.[11]
The party submitted its list for the 2023 French Polynesian legislative election on 17 March 2023.[12] The party came second in the first round, with 30% of the vote.[13] It subsequently formed a joint list with ʻĀmuitahiraʻa o te Nūnaʻa Māʻohi, the Union of Autonomists Against Independence.[14]
In early 2015, 4 members of the Tahoera'a Huiraatira party were excluded from being associated with the party in the upcoming senatorial elections. These were the members of Lana Tetuanui, Nuihau Laurey, Michel Buillard and Teapehu Teahe due to them rebelling from party rhetoric during their time in the assembly. In the 2015 elections, only Nuihau Laurey and Lana Tetuanui were re-elected, however, both were given political support by at-the-time French-Polynesian President and leader of Tahoera'a Huiraatira,Édouard Fritch, as well as the A Tia Porinetia (ATP) coalition.[15]
In late 2015, a group of members (initially 15, later 20) from Tahoera'a Huiraatira chose to dissent from the party due to conflicts between the former leader, Gaston Flosse, and President Édouard Fritch, as well as the exclusion of party members.[16]
In 2016, an extremely short lived working group was established to support the dissenting former party leader Édouard Fritch called the 'Rassemblement pour une Majorité Autonomiste', which included 20 (later 22) dissenting members of Tahoera'a Huiraatira, 8 members of the 'A Tia Porinetia' coalition, and one former UPLD, Union pour la Démocratie, coalition member.[17] [18]
| Édouard Fritch | None | Dissenting members of Tahoera'a Huiraatira | Leader of Tāpura Huiraʻatira | |
| Joseph Ah-Scha | ||||
| Dylma Aro | ||||
| Virginia Bunting | ||||
| Michel Buillard | ||||
| Felix Faatau | ||||
| Jacquie Graffe | ||||
| Beatrix Lucas | ||||
| Sylvana Puhetini | ||||
| Maina Sage | ||||
| Puta'i Taae | ||||
| Jeanine Tata | ||||
| Teapehu Teahe | ||||
| Moehau Teriitahi | ||||
| Lana Tetuanui | ||||
| John Toromona | ||||
| Henri Flohr | ||||
| Frederic Riveta | ||||
| Rene Temeharo | ||||
| Charles Fong Loi | ||||
| Isabelle Sachet | ||||
| Jacques Raioha | joined group on 03/23/2016 | |||
| Rudolph Jordan | joined group on 08/21/2016 | |||
| Nicole Bouteau | A Tia Porinetia working group | No Oe e Te Nunaa (NOETN) | ||
| Emma Maraea | O Porinetia To Tatou Aia | |||
| Armelle Merceron | Independent | |||
| Antonio Perez | Te Ave'a | |||
| Philip Schyle | Fetia Api | |||
| Teura Tarahu-Atuahiva | Independent | |||
| Gaston Tong Blood | O Porinetia To Tatou Aia | |||
| Ronald Tumahai | O’Hiva | replacing Teva Rohfritsch | ||
| Joelle Rauzy-Frebault | UPLD coalition | ? | Left the UPLD coalition to join Tāpura Huiraʻatira |
| Year | 1st round | 2nd round | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col | Votes | scope=col | % | scope=col | Place | scope=col | Votes | scope=col | % | scope=col | Place |
| 2018 | 43.04 | 1st | 49.18 | 1st | |||||||
| 2023 | 30.46 | 2nd | |||||||||