And Tokelaus

Talks On Niue And Tokelaus

Discussions on the future of Niue Island and the Tokelaus will be held by the NZ Minister of Island Territories, Mr. Hanan, when he visits the islands in January.

Mr. Hanan said in Wellington in December that discussions would in clude economic and social aspects of Niue Island and there would be special talks on constitutional development of the Tokelaus.

Mr. Hanan said he would also ex change views on the possibilities of resettling Tokelauans who had no prospect of being gainfully employed in the islands.

Mr. Hanan, accompanied by Mr.

S. D. Wilson, of the Island Territories Department, will leave Auckland on January 8 on the Moana Roa and arrive at Niue on January 12.

A week later he will leave for Apia, and then he will go to the Tokelaus by RNZAF Sunderland, spending a night on each of the three atolls, Fakaofo, Nukunono, and Atafu.

He will arrive back in New Zea land on January 26.

The Australian Minister for Terri tories, Mr. Charles Bames, will visit Papua-New Guinea for two weeks in January.

He will arrive in Port Moresby on January 9 and fly to Goroka, in the Eastern Highlands, where he will open the new Goroka multi-racial Local Government Council. The Min ister will also spend three days on Bougainville.