Tokelau Government 1996

Names:

conventional long form:

none

conventional short form:

Tokelau

Digraph:

Type:

territory of New Zealand

Capital:

none; each atoll has its own administrative center

Administrative divisions:

none (territory of New Zealand)

Independence:

none (territory of New Zealand)

National holiday:

Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand)

Constitution:

administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970

Legal system:

British and local statutes

Suffrage:

Executive branch:

Chief of State:

Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)

Head of Government:

Administrator Graham ANSELL (since NA 1990; appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand); Official Secretary Casimilo J. PEREZ (since NA), Office of Tokelau Affairs; Tokelau's governing Council will elect its first head of government

Legislative branch:

unicameral Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll

Judicial branch:

High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand

Political parties and leaders:

Member of:

SPC, WHO (associate)

Diplomatic representation in US:

none (territory of New Zealand)

US diplomatic representation:

none (territory of New Zealand)

Flag:

the flag of New Zealand is used

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