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The inaugural Miss Tokelau pageant (Travelblog)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:32:08 GMT

Here's the second instalment of my trip to Tokelau for their series of women's events in March. See the first instalment for the painful boat trip and an intro to the intriguing atolls of Tokelau.Day six SaturdayI rose early to get to the handicrafts market the main event of the economic summit. Tokelauan handicrafts are quite coveted several of my Samoan colleagues asked me to...

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Niue, Tokelau 'Among Worst Spam Senders' (Red Orbit )

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:00:30 GMT

By MCENTEE, Claire NEW ZEALAND territories Niue and Tokelau are among the three worst offenders for relaying spam per head of population, according to security software firm Sophos.

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The sun.... - Ko Chang, Tokelau (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:53:02 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Ko Chang, Tokelau Hey everyone! Well safely arrived in Bangkok on Friday morning after a rather hairy flight where a drunk passenger got a bit too 'merry', becoming very abusive and aggresive, and had to be handcuffed and arrested when we landed. All the more scary as we were flying to Bahrain at the time, but met some cool guys on the way who became...

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Regions and territories: Tokelau (BBC News)

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:59:30 GMT

A profile of the three-island territory in the South Pacific

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Tokelau votes against independence for second time (Ria Novosti)

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:24:30 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Voters in Tokelau, a group of coral islets between New Zealand and Hawaii, have rejected self-government by a mere 16 votes in a United Nations-supervised referendum, the UN said Friday.

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After the Tokelau referendum (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:19:00 GMT

I was first made aware of the result in a very early morning (UK time) e-mail written in Norwegian and English. Thanks ( Takk ) to the reader of the blog who sent that. There will be a lot of questions asked, no doubt, as well as soul searching and re-examination of national identity at this stage now that the result of the Tokelau referendum has been declared, particularly amongst the Fono...

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Tokelau again decides in close vote to stay under NZ's colonial umbrella (New Zealand Herald )

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:00:10 GMT

Tokelau has voted to remain a New Zealand colony by just 16 votes in a second close referendum. A two-thirds majority was needed for the South Pacific territory to decolonise and move towards self-governance in free association...

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Tokelau fails to back self-rule (BBC News)

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:14:40 GMT

Voters on the tiny Pacific island group of Tokelau reject a plan to break away from New Zealand.

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Tokelau votes to remain dependent territory of New Zealand (New Zealand Herald )

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:21:00 GMT

Tokelau has for the second time narrowly voted against becoming self-governing in free association with New Zealand. The results of a referendum on the future of Tokelau had today fallen short of the two thirds majority support...

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Tokelau, Pacific paradise, rejects independence (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:20:33 GMT

Wellington - Tokelau, a group of coral islets in the middle of the South Pacific that calls itself the last paradise on earth, has rejected independence in a referendum for the second time in 15 months and will remain a colony of New Zealand. A ballo...

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Result - Tokelau to stay New Zealand dependency (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:01:00 GMT

I have been informed by a reader of the blog of this news story which advises that the result is in: Tokelau is to stay a New Zealand dependency. The story says: New Zealand's small central Pacific colony of Tokelau has rejected self-government. After a week long ballot on the three atolls a majority of voters supported self-government, but not enough to carry it. In results just announced,...

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Ballot paper in Tokelau (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:21:00 GMT

I've been speaking of a 'yes' vote, but having found out the actual text of the ballot papers below, perhaps I should start referring to it as an 'agree' vote. This is what a specimen ballot paper should look for the election (from the Tokelau Government website in New Zealand; page on how to vote ): The text is as follows: Fakailoga Aloakia [Official Mark] PEPA PALOTA MO TE FAIGA PALOTA A TE...

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Tokelau gets 10% of its income via the web (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:20:00 GMT

Tokelau's top level domain name extension is .tk and Tokelau currently gets 10% of its GDP from sales of domain names ending with .tk . what has that got to do with you, the blog reader? Well, maybe you can get a .tk domain name too. The project has as a result got Tokelau finally connected to the internet, and brings income to the islands. You can get a .tk domain name here ....

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Music from Tokelau (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:43:00 GMT

My knowledge of the Tokelauan language being non-existant, I can only hazard a guess that this is a song in praise of the islands, but rather nice it is too. (If it's not working, don't blame me; it's a feed from YouTube, which isn't always reliable)

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Tokelau to be world's youngest nation (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:41:00 GMT

If voting is successful in garnering enough support for independence, Tokelau is to become the world's youngest country. According to the United Nations , the last non-self-governing nation to become independent through self-determination was East Timor, now officially known as Timor-Leste (from the Portuguese for East Timor), which became independent in 2002, and joined the UN the same year....

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Tokelau islanders hold referendum on self-government (Ria Novosti)

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:07:00 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Islanders on the tiny southwest Pacific territory of Tokelau, administered by New Zealand, have begun a referendum on self-government.

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Tokelau Law (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:48:00 GMT

An interesting website for legal buffs is the Tokelau legislation website , good for checking out the laws that apply to Tokelau. According to that website, the result of the referendum should be available by early evening on Wednesday 24 October, 2007, on Atafu (Tokelau time, 11hrs ahead of GMT).

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Tokelau and rugby (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:53:00 GMT

The Rugby World Cup is over; South Africa won yesterday , beating England. But what of sport in Tokelau? Rugby seems to be quite popular. Every so often, there are inter-atoll games, taken very seriously by everyone. From the description , the Tokelauans also seem to have a pre-match ceremony like the New Zealanders' haka . Maybe if Tokelau votes yes, we may see them in the next...

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Is independence the right decision for Tokelau? (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:52:00 GMT

Tokelau is the last current dependency of New Zealand, as previous territories such as the Cook Islands and Niue successfully became self-governing in free association with New Zealand. Tokelau's leader, Kuresa Nasau, has said that he is confident that the result will be a positive one , and "the New Zealand territory will vote to cut its colonial ties". Tokelau originally held...

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Potential positive swing to 'yes' in the Tokelau referendum? (Linguanaut.co.uk)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:42:00 GMT

It has been speculated that there may be a swing in the referendum on self-determination for Tokelau, a swing to the 'yes' camp. Previously there was only a yes vote of 60.01%, which, although a majority, was insufficient to reach the two-thirds required for it to class as an absolute 'yes' result. However, there appears to be growing support for a 'yes' vote , particularly amongst overseas...

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