Outlined To U.N.
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N.Z. Aim For Niue Outlined To U.N.
New Zealand intends to pro mote a greater measure of self- Government for the Pacific islands of Niue and Tokelau, the chief New Zealand delegate to the United Nations, Mr. Frank Corner, said in New York in A ugust.
He told a sub-committee of the Special Committee on Colonialism that with some initial reluctance, New Zealand had agreed to the islanders’ desire for greater association with New Zealand.
It was the islanders them selves, he said, who “have put the brakes on to some degree over the past 18 months” in the advance towards self-govern ment.
Mr. Corner said New Zea land believed that in the long run, because of geographical factors, the islands should he linked with Western Samoa or the Cook Islands.