New Zealand and Tokelau

Tokelau has three populated atolls in the Pacific Ocean – Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu. The nation has been administered by New Zealand since 1925, and in 1948 the Tokelau Islands Act gave Tokelauans New Zealand citizenship and the opportunity to migrate. 

Source:  Carl Walrond, 'Tokelauans', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tokelauans (accessed 4 October 2019) 

Emigration to New Zealand

Emigration to New Zealand was encouraged under the Tokelau Islands Resettlement Scheme introduced in 1966. The scheme helped over 500 people emigrate.

Source:  Carl Walrond, 'Tokelauans', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tokelauans (accessed 7 October 2019).

Community life in New Zealand

The idea of maopoopo (unity) is important to Tokelauans, and meant that once in New Zealand they formed strong community groups. The largest of these is in the Porirua–Hutt Valley area, where over half of the country’s Tokelauans live. There are also communities in Auckland, Taupō and Rotorua.

Source: Carl Walrond, 'Tokelauans', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tokelauans (accessed 7 October 2019)

TOKELAU VOTES FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT

A ballot box arrives at Fakaofo Atoll, Tokelau, in 2007 for a referendum on self-government, supervised by the United Nations. Any move to self-government needed to be approved by two-thirds of Tokelau's voters. It was the second such referendum – another had been held in 2006 – and again failed by a small margin. Since 1926 Tokelau has been a non-self-governed territory administered by New Zealand.

Source: Rod Alley, 'Multilateral organisations - Rights and welfare', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/33838/un-supervised-referendum-tokelau (accessed 7 October 2019)

New Zealand and Tokelau- Strengthening connections