[5] The first phase of the building included repairing the airstrip runway for smoother plane landing and lengthening the tarmac to meet current aviation standards.

[9] Since 2013, the resort had been in conflict with Teiki Pambrun, a navigator who had been living on a boat in the lagoon of the Tetiaroa atoll and who criticized the resort for its “environmental damages.” In 2014, a court issued a summary order requiring Pambrun to remain more than 10 kilometers from the atoll, under penalty of a fine of 100,000 CFP francs per day.

In the absence of payment or leaving, on January 22, 2016, a court of appeal confirmed Pambrun’s expulsion from the lagoon.

Renewable energy sources such as solar power (from PV panels) and coconut oil (biofuel) are used.

The zinc-bromine[12] flow batteries (used for storing the power from the PV panels) are made from recyclable materials.