Tokelau Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Tokelau

Type: New Zealand Associated Territory; Tokelauans are British subjects and New Zealand citizens; administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948 as amended in 1970

Capital: no capital—each atoll has its own administrative center

Branches: the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand is empowered to appoint an Administrator to the region; the powers of the administrator are delegated to the Official Secretary at the Office of Tokelau Affairs, Apia, Western Somoa

Political subdivisions: each village has a Council of Elders (Taupulega) made up of heads of family groups together with the commissioner (faipule) and the mayor (pulenuku); the commissioner administers the law and presides over the court

Legal system: British and local statutes

National holiday 6 February (Waitangi Day)

Electric potter: 200 kW capacity (1985); .3 million kWh produced (1985), 187 kWh per capita

Exports. $23,648 (1982/3); copra, handicrafts

Imports: foodstuffs, building materials, fuel

Major trade partner: New Zealand

Budget: (1983/4) expenditures, $1,358,105; revenue. $208,419; New Zealand subsidy, $1,149,686

Monetary conversion rate: New Zealand currency and the Tokelau souvenir coin are legal tender—NZ$1.88=US$1 (5 February 1986); Western Samoan currency is also used

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Tokelau on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tokelau 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tokelau 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.