He returned to French Polynesia in the early 1990s, where he played for A.S. Vénus and A.S. Pirae, winning the Tahitian top-flight title with both teams.
Between 1997 and 2004 he was the youth and sports minister in the Tahoera'a Huiraatira government of Gaston Flosse, before being elected president of the Oceania Football Confederation.
The appointment was rescinded less than a month later,[4] and Temarii subsequently left the Tahoera'a and launched his own political party, Porinetia Ora.
In the 2018 and 2022 host ballots, it was reported in the Sunday Times that Temarii had said his vote had been influenced by the construction of a football academy in his country.
[16] In April 2017 the national Financial Prosecutors Office opened an investigation into Temarii for corruption, criminal association and influence peddling.