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Tokelau
| Location |
S Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea, N of Samoa |
| Latitude and longitude |
9 00 S, 172 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
New Zealand |
| Population |
1,151 |
| Census notes |
2006 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
12 |
| Capital |
None |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Tokelau Act & Amendment Acts 1948
(New Zealand), from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at
the University of the South Pacific School of Law |
| Tokelau Amendment Act 1970
(New Zealand), from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at
the University of the South Pacific School of Law, |
| Joint
Statement of the Principles of Partnership between New Zealand and
Tokelau (on Island Law) |
Other legal documents online
|
| Tokelau
(Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone) Act 1977 (PDF
30K),
from the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea |
|
Tokelau
Law, a collection of statutes, laws, judicial decisions and
other materials from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at
the University of the South Pacific School of Law |
| Draft Constitution of Tokelau
(PDF 148K), from the Tokelau
Information Page |
| Draft Treaty of Free Association between New Zealand and Tokelau
(2003), (PDF 237K), from the Tokelau
Information Page |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific
Island Populations 2011 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 80K) |
| Tokelau,
from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Tokelau,
map and basic demographic and economic data from the South Pacific
Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of the University of the
South Pacific |
| Tokelau,
from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Tokelau,
from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Tokelau
Information Page, an excellent unofficial collection of legal materials and articles on
Tokelau and its relationship with New Zealand |
| Tokelau:
Government |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| The
New Zealand Model of Free Association: What Does it Mean for New Zealand,
by Alison Quentin-Baxter, in volume 39 of the Victoria University
of Wellington Law Review (New Zealand), at page 607 (2008) (PDF 149K) |
| United Nations Secretariat, Working
Paper on Tokelau, prepared for the Special Committee of the U.N.
General Assembly on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries
and Peoples (A/AC.109/2004/8, March 24, 2004) (PDF) |
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