(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners from New Zealand held a series of events in Tahiti, a popular tourist destination in the south Pacific Ocean, from Christmas to the New Year. They introduced Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) to residents and tourists, and told them about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution.
Tahiti is located south of Hawaii and is midway between Australia and South America. It is the largest and most famous island in French Polynesia, with a population of nearly 300,000.
Throughout the week between Christmas and New Year’s day, practitioners went to markets, bus stations, the seaside, and the city center. They introduced Falun Dafa, did the exercises, and told people about the persecution. They distributed 30,000 brochures in French.
Reporters of the largest local newspaper Tahiti Infos interviewed them and published a full-page article titled: “Falun Gong, Meditation and Repression.”
A practitioner distributes flyers at a market in Tahiti.
After people read the flyers and were told the practice improves one’s health and morals, many asked where they could learn how to practice Falun Dafa.
The first day they arrived, practitioners distributed flyers in the largest local market. Vahine and her husband accepted the materials and talked with practitioners. Vahine said that she seldom visited the market, so she felt it wasn’t a coincidence that she met practitioners there. She said she had a hot temper and wished to let it go. When she read the three words Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance on the flyer, she felt practicing Falun Dafa would be helpful, and she and her husband learned the exercises that evening.
Vahine (middle) and her husband (second from left) took a group photo with practitioners after they learned the exercises.
A mother and son ran a business at the market, and the mother said her legs had been painful for years. After reading the flyer, she asked her son, who can speak English, to ask practitioners where she could learn the exercises. When they did the exercises that evening, the son said he could feel energy.
A man said he wanted to learn Falun Dafa, gave a practitioner his phone number and asked her to call him after they were finished distributing flyers. The practitioner forgot. Fortunately, they saw the man when they were distributing flyers in the city center the next day. The practitioner apologized and offered to show him the exercises, and he happily learned them.
A man learns the Falun Dafa exercises.
People Support Practitioners
After he read the flyer, a man who runs a jewelry stall at a market told a practitioner, “You are doing well. I believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.”
When he noticed the practitioner was carrying a heavy bag filled with informational materials, he said she could store them behind his stall. She explained that many local people wished to learn the exercises, but none of the practitioners spoke French. The stall owner recommended local people to scan the QR code to learn the exercises online.
Another man said he was shocked after he read about the CCP’s persecution and its state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting. He went to see the practitioner who was distributing the flyers, and asked if they had a place to stay in Tahiti. He also asked who was sponsoring them.
The practitioner said, “We pay for our trips. We also paid to have these informational materials printed in French.” The man said emotionally, “The CCP also persecutes Christians. Wherever you go, we support you.”
While a practitioner was distributing leaflets near a large shopping mall, a woman approached her with a box of chocolates, greeted her in English, and exclaimed, “Happy New Year!” She handed the chocolates to the practitioner and hugged her.
The practitioners planned to leave for the airport at midnight, and were surprised to see Judy, the mother of their landlord, waiting for them in her car. She placed Tahitian handmade seashell necklaces on the necks of the four female practitioners and then hugged each of them. She said, “Thank you for coming.” When a practitioner showed her the newspaper with the article about Falun Gong, she said, “You are amazing!” Afterwards, she drove them to the airport.
Judy gave practitioners handmade seashell necklaces
Editor-in-Chief Publishes Article About Falun Gong
Practitioners were interviewed by reporters from Tahiti Infos, Tahiti’s main local media outlet. They told them that the CCP also conducts transnational repression and defames Falun Gong across the world, and uses diplomatic and economic coercion to pressure people to ignore the persecution and remain silent. The practitioners said that the local people were eager to learn Falun Gong.
Tahiti Infos published a full-page article about Falun Gong (Screenshot courtesy Tahiti Infos)
Tahiti Infos is the largest local print and online media. Prevost, the editor-in-chief,decided to interview practitioners. In its final issue of 2025, the newspaper published a full-page, comprehensive report on Falun Gong titled: “Falun Gong, Meditation, and the Repression.” Prevost said, “As media, we are doing what we should do.”
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