Editing Tahiti (section)

=== Twentieth century to present ===

In 1903, the Établissements Français d'Océanie (French Establishments in Oceania) were created, which collected together Tahiti, the other [[Society Islands]], the [[Austral Islands]], the Marquesas Islands and the [[Tuamotu Archipelago]].
[[File:FRE-OCE-11-French Oceania-1 franc (1943).jpg|thumb|A one-franc [[World War II]] banknote (1943), printed in [[Papeete|Pape{{okina}}ete]], depicting the outline of Tahiti on reverse]]

During the [[First World War]], the Pape{{okina}}ete region of the island was [[Bombardment of Papeete|attacked]] by two [[German Empire|German]] [[warship]]s. A French [[gunboat]] as well as a captured German freighter were sunk in the harbour and the two German [[armoured cruiser]]s bombarded the colony. 

Between 1966 and 1996 the French Government conducted 193 nuclear bomb tests above and below the atolls of [[Moruroa]] and [[Fangataufa]]. The last test was conducted on 27 January 1996.<ref>[http://www.sarinoni.com/article/Nuclear%20Tests%20in%20Tahiti.htm Noni Article: Nuclear Tests in Tahiti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220184640/http://www.sarinoni.com/article/Nuclear+Tests+in+Tahiti.htm |date=20 February 2008}}. Sarinoni.com. Retrieved 26 July 2013.</ref>

In 1946, Tahiti and the whole of French Polynesia became an [[Overseas territory (France)|overseas territory]] (''Territoire d'outre-mer''). Tahitians were granted [[French nationality law|French citizenship]], a right that had been campaigned for by nationalist leader [[Pouvanaa a Oopa|Pouvana{{okina}}a a Oopa]] for many years.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Brij Vilash |last1=Lal |first2=Kate |last2=Fortune |title=The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA278 |year=2000 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-2265-1 |pages=278– |access-date=22 November 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102092517/https://books.google.com/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA278 |url-status=live}}</ref> 

[[Faaʻa International Airport]] was opened on Tahiti in 1960.

On 17 July 1974, the French did a [[French nuclear testing in the South Pacific|nuclear test]] over [[Moruroa|Mururoa Atoll]], codenamed {{Interlanguage link|Centaure (nuclear test)|lt=Centaure|fr|Centaure (essai nucléaire)}}, but the atomic cloud and fallout did not take the direction planned. 42 hours later, the cloud reached Tahiti and the surrounding islands.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-09 |title=Essais nucléaires : en Polynésie française, l'explosion atomique qui ne s'est pas passée comme prévu |url=https://www.franceculture.fr/environnement/essais-nucleaires-en-polynesie-francaise-lexplosion-atomique-qui-ne-sest-pas-passee-comme-prevu |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=France Culture |language=fr |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318234029/https://www.franceculture.fr/environnement/essais-nucleaires-en-polynesie-francaise-lexplosion-atomique-qui-ne-sest-pas-passee-comme-prevu |url-status=live}}</ref> As many as 111,000 people were affected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-09 |title=French nuclear tests contaminated 110,000 in Pacific, says study |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56340159 |access-date=2022-03-18 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305021313/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56340159 |url-status=live}}</ref> Reports showed that some people on Tahiti were exposed to 500 times the maximum allowed level for plutonium.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-03 |title=French nuclear tests 'showered vast area of Polynesia with radioactivity' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=27 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227055412/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/french-nuclear-tests-polynesia-declassified |url-status=live}}</ref> 

In 2003, French Polynesia's status was changed to that of an [[overseas collectivity]] (''collectivité d'outre-mer''), and in 2004 it was declared an [[overseas country of France|overseas country]] (''pays d'outre-mer'' or ''POM'').

In 2009, [[Tauatomo Mairau]] claimed the [[List of monarchs of Tahiti|Tahitian throne]] and attempted to re-assert the status of the monarchy in court.