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Latest sailing schedule Apia-Tokelau-Apia:
January 2018 to June 2018
(.xls) - 22 January 2018
Documentary: Solar Nation of Tokelau (2015)
44 minutes, large file! (MP4, 340 MB)
Tokelau's National Anthem -
Viki o Tokelau
:
Te Atua o Tokelau
Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau
Fakamanuia mai ia Tokelau
Puipui tauhi mai ko ito filemu
Toku fenua, tau aganuku
Tau fuka ke agiagia
Lototahi, tumau hi to fakavae
Tokelau mo te atua
Te Atua o Tokelau
Hoa, he hoa lava
Vocals in mp3 format
(1.8 MB)
Translation:
The god of Tokelau
The god of villages, the god of Tokelau
Do bless Tokelau
Carefully tend the peaceful ito
My land, your custom
Your flag that’s waving
Of one mind, stand firm as a foundation
Tokelau for the god
The god of Tokelau
'My Tokelau
' song (for SIDS 2014)
Lyrics in pdf format
(1 page: 250 KB)
Song in mp3 format
(filesize: 12 MB)
Video in mp4 format
(large file: 180 MB)
Update from the
Tokelau National Statistics Office
: October 2016 Census determines de jure usually resident population to be 1,499 nationally: Atafu 541; Fakaofo 506; Nukunonu 452.
16 April 2018
Tokelau’s economic summit
talanoa ‘Small is Sustainable’
The first national economic summit for Tokelau was officially opened yesterday.
Hosted by its northern most atoll of Atafu, Honorable Kelihiano Kalolo in his keynote address spoke in glowing
terms about his country’s beauty and pristine biodiversity that gives life to their cultural heritage and identity.
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8 March 2018
New delegates and officers sworn-in as General Fono remembers Iosua Aleni
The 2018 General Fono’s formal session was opened with a service by Reverend John Kalolo yesterday morning. The opening activates Tokelau’s rotation of its seat of government from Nukunonu last year to Fakaofo this year and sees a number of shuffles and changes in the make-up of its elected delegates and institutional structure.
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8 March 2018
NZ announces HE Ross Ardern to take on top Tokelau post in May 2018
New Zealand announced earlier this week the impending arrival of H.E. Ross Ardern as the Administrator of Tokelau, and close to $40million investment in Tokelau.
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6 March 2018
Ulu o Tokelau launches MV
Kalopaga
The vessel, wholly funded and construction in Malaysia managed by the Tokelau government showcases,
“Tokelau’s ‘can do’ attitude”, said Hon. Gaualofa who is also the Minister for Transport.
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5 March 2018
Fakaofo to host 4th session of Tokelau’s 9th government
2018 is the second year of Tokelau’s 9th government. The three 2018 sessions of the General Fono will all be hosted by Fakaofo.
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31 January 2018
Tokelau’s December quarter CPI up 2.1 %
The quarterly consumer price index (CPI) of Tokelau rose by 2.1 percent in the December 2017 quarter.
The highest contribution to CPI, 2.0 percent, came from the group Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. This is the result of a nationwide policy to increase the price of cigarettes to discourage smoking, to an average $9.53 for a packet of 20 (up 42 percent from $6.73 in March 2017).
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18 January 2018
Official Handover of Meteorological Equipments to Tokelau from SPREP
Prior to the closure of official work for the year 2017, the Government of Tokelau was the recipient of meteorological assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
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18 January 2018
A trip to remote Tokelau
by Kate Whitley & filed under behind the scenes, Field trips, Pacific, Research, Tokelau.
... It strikes me just how vulnerable and remote these islands are – a necklace of small islands in the midst of a vast ocean...
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6 December 2017
MOU Signed between Tokelau EDNRE and Pacific Recycle Co. Ltd
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Economic Development, Natural Resources and Environment (EDNRE) and the Pacific Recycle
Co. Ltd was signed on 1 December 2017 at the TALO Office in Apia, Samoa.
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1 December 2017
Biosecurity and invasive species workshop
A successful workshop on biosecurity and invasive species for Tokelau was held in the last week of September, in the Apia office. Participants came from all three Tokelau atolls – Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo – and from the Tokelau Apia Liaison Office. The course was led by Dr Monica Gruber of Victoria University in Wellington, with input from SPREP and SPC.
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7 November 2017
Kaio Isaako new delegate for Fakaofo
The new General Fono delegate for Fakaofo, Mr Kaio Isaako was sworn in yesterday.
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7 November 2017
NZ confirm funding support for Tokelau’s ‘ship to shore’ infrastructure
The major highlight of the first day’s session was the announcement that New Zealand’s new Foreign Affairs Minister, Vaovasamanaia, Rt Hon, Winston Peters has signed into effect their $15.8million commitment in the $20.5million upgrade of the ‘Ship to Shore’ infrastructure project.
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1 November 2017
Police ‘core skills and competencies training’ specific for Tokelau launched
The ‘Core Skills and Competencies for Tokelau Police Officers’ course is tailored specifically to meet the
police services called for by Tokelau’s three villages.
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30 October 2017
Base period of Tokelau Consumer Price Index revised
Starting from the second quarter of 2017, the Tokelau quarterly Consumer Price Index (CPI) series is based on an updated set of weights and basket of representative goods and services. Publication of the CPI will continue uninterrupted, with price index reference quarter June 2012 = 1.000.
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30 October 2017
Tokelau's
CPI for June and September 2017 quarters now completed
A major review of the Tokelau Consumer Price Index (CPI) has taken place and the new results for 2017 to date are now available.
The CPI rose by 0.4 percent in the March quarter (revised from 0.7 percent), it rose by 1.6 percent in the June quarter, and by 5.8 percent in the September quarter of 2017.
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20 October 2017
TNSO update “with more than a little help”
Today is World Statistics Day. It may not be officially observed by the United Nations this year, it is still a nice opportunity to stress the importance of reliable statistics in policy development and decision-making. It also serves as a prompt to highlight the progress that the Tokelau National Statistics Office (TNSO) has made in the last year or two.
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17 October 2017
Shipping from NZ to Tokelau opportunity
Tokelau has chartered the
Norfolk Guardian
in November, for people in New Zealand to send cargo to families in Tokelau (in time for Christmas). Departing Auckland around 16 November and expected to arrive in Apia on 27 November; it will then set sail for Tokelau on 28 November.
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11 October2017
2017 Tokelau national games officially re-launched after a 4-year hiatus
It has been four years since the last Tokelau national games took place in 2013. The anticipation since, and reality the four year wait is nearly over was realised yesterday morning when the 120-strong Team Fakaofo and their supporters landed on Nukunonu.
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Check out our previous stories!
These go back as far as the SIDS conference in Apia, in September 2014.
See:
SIDS 2014 engagement booklet
(pdf, 3.4MB)
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2017–2019 Council, Government of Tokelau (Cabinet)
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