GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on January 12, 2011

Background:
Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.

NOTE: The information regarding Tokelau on this page is re-published from the 2011 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tokelau Introduction 2011 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tokelau Introduction 2011 should be addressed to the CIA.