Un Report On Tokelau
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The United Nations committee on decolonisation was told in October that the people of Tokelau wanted to retain their present relationship with New Zealand.
I report by a fact-finding mission from the committee which visited the islands earlier tins year said the Tokelauans were "apprehensive" of anv change which might alter the present relationship with New Zealand.
Tokelau is the last non-self-governing territory for which New Zealand has administrative responsibility. It has a population of about 1550. A further 2200 Tokelauans live in .Wtc Zealand.
The L \ mission s report said that the size of Tokelau, its tiny population, remote geographical situation and paucity of resources had combined to foster an extreme sense of solitude.
This has heightened the islanders' primary concern for their economy and their relationship with New Zealand.