Tokelau

Tokelau consists of three coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean. This set covers important information about Tokelau’s culture, history, and language, including its relationship with New Zealand and the threats it faces from rising sea levels. SCIS no: 1943279

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Tokelauan children singing at Elsdon Youth Camp in Porirua - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
Tokelauan children singing at Elsdon Youth Camp in Porirua - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
Tokelauan children singing at Elsdon Youth Camp in Porirua, photographed circa 25 February 1980 by Ian Mackley. Shows a group sitting outside on the grass with guitars and drums. Nineteen Tokelaua...
Articles
Tokelauan Language Week
Culture and language resources to celebrate Tokelauan Language Week.
Articles
Tokelau Language Week
Samples and snapshots of Tokelau materials in the form of writing, photographs, handicrafts and collection objects from the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Articles
Tokelau language week
Find events and resources to celebrate Tokelau language week
Articles
Tokelau Language Week Craft – Taulima
Taulima is part of Tokelauan traditional, cultural wear. These bracelets are normally worn during Tokelauan dance performances.
Images
Atoll landscape, Atafu, Tokelau
Atoll landscape, Atafu, Tokelau
Stories
Tokelau art and craft
Tokelau art and craft
Images on Tokelau art and craft
Videos
O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group, 2010
O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group, 2010
O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group performing at the Pacific Heritage Arts Award, 2010. 
Videos
Arriving in New Zealand, 1970
Arriving in New Zealand, 1970
A group of Pacific Island families and single women from Tokelau are shown arriving in New Zealand in this excerpt from a 1970 film, Atoll people.
Videos
Our Small World
Our Small World
Our Small World is a portrait of life on an atoll in Tokelau — on Fale, an island so small, the schoolhouse had to be built on the next island, and the pigs live on the reef. Narrated by Tokelau-bo...
Audio
Tokelau Festival attracts thousands
Tokelau Festival attracts thousands
The biggest Tokelau festival in the world took place in New Zealand over the Easter weekend for the seventeenth time.
Audio
New Newspaper for Tokelau
New Newspaper for Tokelau
Tokelau gets a locally produced newspaper for the first time.
Videos
Weaving in Tokelau: Novena's story
Weaving in Tokelau: Novena's story
Watch Novena Petelo explain how she learnt traditional Tokelaun weaving techniques from her mother, and hear about some of the tools she uses in her practice. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/
Images
UN-supervised referendum, Tokelau
UN-supervised referendum, Tokelau
A ballot box arrives at Fakaofo Atoll, Tokelau, in 2007 for a referendum on self-government, supervised by the United Nations. Any move to self-government needed to be approved by two-thirds of Tok...
Books
Mythology - Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
In Oceanic mythology there are two distinct types of origin stories: an evolutionary or genealogical type that traces the origin of man from far distant beginnings, in which abstract elements and s...
Books
Sacred Food - Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
Whenever sacred fish (ika sa)—whale (tafola), swordfish (sakula), and turtle (fonu)—were caught they were brought to the village malae for ceremonial prayers of thanks and distribution among all th...
Audio
Fighting Tokelau's tobacco crisis
Fighting Tokelau's tobacco crisis
Louise Thornley and Joe Wilson reflect on a VSA assignment to Tokelau to extinguish the Pacific's most staggering smoking statistics.
Images
Tokelau first day cover
This was Tokelau's first stamp issue, which was released in 1948. A first day cover is an envelope with stamps attached and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued, and they are pop...
Images
Inati ceremony - food division, Nukunonu Atoll, Tokelau
Inati ceremony - food division, Nukunonu Atoll, Tokelau
Images
Tokelau Islands, Rebuilding a Fale.
Tokelau Islands, Rebuilding a Fale.
Title: Tokelau Islands Description: Rebuilding a fale (house) damaged by a storm. Fakaofo, Tokelau Islands. Photographer: Mr. Nicholson Date: November 1966 Archives reference: AAQT 6539 W3537 Box 6...
Audio
Te Vaka
Te Vaka
Listen to a segment of a song from the successful Tokelauan band Te Vaka. The pate (log drums) maintain Pacific timbres and beats, forming the backdrop to their songs. They sing of Tokelau’s histor...
Images
Woman cooking, Fakaofo, Tokelau
Woman cooking, Fakaofo, Tokelau
Audio
Tokelau in 2019
We're taking our regional series further afield with RNZ Pacific reporter Mackenzie Smith who's going to fill us in on Tokelau, and New Zealand's relationship with the territory.
Articles
Tokelau launches its climate change strategy in New York
Strengthening the coastline of Tokelau's three inhabited atolls against the impact of storm surges and rising sea levels is a key part of the territory's climate change strategy.
Audio
Tokelau aims to restore traditional political power balance
Tokelau has amended its constitution to rein in the government administration and restore power to the Taupulega, or village councils.
Articles
Tokelau seeks closer PIF ties
Tokelau is asking to join the Pacific Islands Forum so it can speak out on climate change.
Images
Little boy walking in front of Tokelau performers at the 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Noumea, New Caledonia
Dancers from Tokelau
Dressed for the occasion, these Tokelauan dancers perform the fatele at the 8th Pacific Arts Festival in New Caledonia in 2008. Held every four years, the festival brings together an appreciation f...
Images
Lord and Lady Cobham arriving at Atafu Island, Tokelau
The Cobhams visit Tokelau
People from Tokelau are known for their hospitality. Here they are seen carrying Governor-General Lord Cobham and Lady Cobham from the ferry to dry land. The ship that carried them to Tokelau can b...
Maps
Nukunonu, Tokelau.
Nukunonu
Tokelau consists of three atolls, of which Nukunonu is the largest. It lies between the atolls of Atafu and Fakaofo. Atolls are close spaced coral reefs or islands surrounding a lagoon. Atolls ori...
Images
Sir Bernard Fergusson and his family carried ashore, Tokelau
Visitors carried ashore
This image from 1964 shows Sir Bernard, his wife Lady Laura Fergusson and their son being brought ashore on a litter. Tokelau was under British protection from 1877. Administration of Tokelau was...
Images
Tokelauan group who came to live in Wellington
Living in Wellington
Tokelauans are citizens of New Zealand and have full right to enter, live and enjoy the same benefits as any New Zealander. Many Tokelauans, like the group in this photograph from 1964, made Welli...
Images
Agate, Alfred T 1812-1846 :Cocoanut grove at Fakaafo or Bowditch I. / painted by A.T.Agate; engr. by J Smillie. Philadelphia, [s.n.], 1849.
Coconut grove
sailor catches up with three Tokelauans in a coconut grove. In the background is a large dwelling centre or main meeting house. The roof looks like it is thatched with coconut fronds. Coconut tree...
Newspapers
A HAVEN OF REST. (Mataura Ensign 9-1-1914)
Haven of rest
Dr Hoare and a trader were the only white men residing in Tokelau in 1914 when the islands were under British annexation. Their racist opinion then was that the people were lazy but peaceful and wi...
Articles
Tokelau
An overview of Tokelau’s geography, politics, economy, demographics and culture.
Books
Bonito fishing
Trolling for bonito (alo) is the greatest sport of Tokelau men.
Articles
Badge of the general Fono of Tokelau
The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, presents the Badge of the General Fono of Tokelau to the Ulu-o-Tokelau, Aliki Faipule Salesio Lui, at a ceremony at Government House Wellington.
Books
Tokelau dictionary
A Tokelauan dictionary.
Videos
Water is rising
Performance and purpose illuminate the plight of the coral atolls of Kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu.
Articles
Climate Change
A list of pdf documents related to Climate Change in Tokelau.
Images
Photos from Nukunonu
Images of life on the island of Nukunonu.
Articles
Tokelauans
Tokelauans
Tokelau’s three populated atolls – Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu – have only a tiny habitable area. Life was not always easy in the tropical paradise, with limited resources for a growing population,...
Images
Fakaofo handicrafts
Carved and woven handicrafts from Fakaofo.
Videos
Faafoi brothers go to Tokelau
Jason and Kris Faafoi visit their homeland of Tokelau, for the first time.
Videos
The Tokelau national anthem
Eric Lemuelu Falima’s winning entry becomes Tokelau’s national anthem.
Videos
Return to Tokelau
Anauli Karima Fai'ai follows Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi back to his parents' homeland of Tokelau, on a mission to strengthen New Zealand's relationship with the island nation.
Websites
WWW
Tokelau culture and history
The culture and history of Tokelau
Articles
Life a few metres above sea level
A journey to the vulnerable ‘necklace of small islands’.
Videos
Scenes of Fakaofo atoll, Tokelau
Scenes of Fakaofo atoll, Tokelau
Drone footage of Fakaofo, a low-lying atoll of Tokelau. Tokelau's other motu (atolls) include Nukunonu and Atafu. About 1,500 Tokelauans live on these atolls which are in the South Pacific Ocean, a...
Videos
The sunny people of Tokelau
A short documentary on the benefits of solar energy to the Tokelau atolls.
Articles
World factbook – Tokelau
CIA World Factbook provides current facts and figures about Tokelau, including demographic and economic data.
Articles
Boost to Tokelauan disaster preparedness
New Zealand’s Civil Defence Minister visits Tokelau to oversee progress on building emergency preparedness.
Audio
Adjustments of Pacific islanders in New Zealand
A woman living on Tokelau expresses discontent about the lack of help given to Pacific migrants to prepare them for life in New Zealand.
Videos
Tokelau medley
Tokelau medley sung by Vaniah Toloa, Jewel Tuitama and Gideon Toloa.
Articles
New Zealand and Tokelau
New Zealand and Tokelau on governance, trade and development.
Articles
Summary of the Constitution of Tokelau
A page on the Government of Tokelau website, with a summary of the consitution of Tokelau, summary of the Treaty of Free Association and 2007 referendum information.
Articles
Solar power in Tokelau. Junior Journal: No 57: 2018
This article explains how and why Tokelau moved to renewable energy, such as solar power. School login is required.
Articles
Tafoe O! School Journal Level 2: November 2018
Tokelau artist and master carver Paulino Tuwhala teaches a group to make foe (paddles) that can be used to perform a tafoe (dance).
Articles
Tokelauan Fishing Quest: sharing adventure, food and tradition
In the remote Tokelau atolls, everyone plays a role in looking after the community through traditions like Faiva Fakamua.
Websites
WWW
Digital Pasifik
See, discover and explore items of digitised Pacific cultural heritage that are held in collections around the world.
Articles
Tokelauan people in New Zealand
Statistics of Pacific and Tokelau population in New Zealand.
Videos
VAKA
VAKA
VAKA is a short documentary about the energy and resilience of the Tokelauan people as they weave their customary-wisdom regarding the environment with modern eco-technologies to respond to climate...
Articles
The Waka Tapu voyage
The Waka Tapu sailed the Polynesian triangle from Aotearoa to Rapanui and back using celestial navigation.
Websites
WWW
Government of Tokelau
The government of Tokelau website, which includes current information on Tokelau.
Audio
Cricket: the sport that stops Tokelau
Cricket: the sport that stops Tokelau
Cricket is the national sport in Tokelau and every January its people come together for a month-long tournament before returning to work.
Articles
Demographic history of the Tokelau Islands
History of Tokelau covering traditions, early European contact and colonial administration.
Audio
Cry of the stolen people
'Cry of the Stolen People' was written specifically for this ensemble. It tells the story of a tragic part of Pasifika history which remains largely unknown.
Newspapers
SLAVERS AMONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ISLANDS. (Wellington Independent, 20 August 1863)
Articles
An invasion of yellow crazies
Scientists combat an invasive species of yellow ants on the island of Tokelau.
Images
Tuluma (fishing tackle box)
Tuluma (fishing tackle box)
This is a tuluma, a wooden box used by fishermen from Tokelau to keep their fishing gear, cigarettes and other personal items dry while they are at sea. On land, tuluma are used as storage containe...
Articles
Tokelau
Find out more about Tokelau through videos, blogs, and an activity book.
Articles
Tokelau and New Zealand relations
A historical perspective on NZ and Tokelau relations.
Articles
Waka hourua (TMCC2)
View (or print) the curiosity card about waka hourua (double-hulled canoe). Use the card’s fertile questions to inspire inquiry.
Articles
Magō!
This is a humorous, entertaining story based on a true event.
Articles
Seven things you should know about Tokelau
Pacific Curator Sean Mallon gives us seven facts about Tokelau – a country made up of four atolls.
Audio
Tiny Pacific nation declares whaling free zone
Tiny Pacific nation declares whaling free zone
Tokelau has declared its waters a whaling free zone at a meeting in Auckland today.
Images
Tokelauan children singing at Elsdon Youth Camp in Porirua - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
Tokelauan children singing at Elsdon Youth Camp in Porirua - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
Tokelauan children singing at Elsdon Youth Camp in Porirua, photographed circa 25 February 1980 by Ian Mackley. Shows a group sitting outside on the grass with guitars and drums. Nineteen Tokelaua...
Articles
Tokelauan Language Week
Culture and language resources to celebrate Tokelauan Language Week.
Articles
Tokelau Language Week
Samples and snapshots of Tokelau materials in the form of writing, photographs, handicrafts and collection objects from the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Articles
Tokelau language week
Find events and resources to celebrate Tokelau language week
Articles
Tokelau Language Week Craft – Taulima
Taulima is part of Tokelauan traditional, cultural wear. These bracelets are normally worn during Tokelauan dance performances.
Images
Atoll landscape, Atafu, Tokelau
Atoll landscape, Atafu, Tokelau
Stories
Tokelau art and craft
Tokelau art and craft
Images on Tokelau art and craft
Videos
O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group, 2010
O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group, 2010
O Mata! Tokelau Dance Group performing at the Pacific Heritage Arts Award, 2010. 
Videos
Arriving in New Zealand, 1970
Arriving in New Zealand, 1970
A group of Pacific Island families and single women from Tokelau are shown arriving in New Zealand in this excerpt from a 1970 film, Atoll people.
Videos
Our Small World
Our Small World
Our Small World is a portrait of life on an atoll in Tokelau — on Fale, an island so small, the schoolhouse had to be built on the next island, and the pigs live on the reef. Narrated by Tokelau-bo...
Audio
Tokelau Festival attracts thousands
Tokelau Festival attracts thousands
The biggest Tokelau festival in the world took place in New Zealand over the Easter weekend for the seventeenth time.
Audio
New Newspaper for Tokelau
New Newspaper for Tokelau
Tokelau gets a locally produced newspaper for the first time.
Videos
Weaving in Tokelau: Novena's story
Weaving in Tokelau: Novena's story
Watch Novena Petelo explain how she learnt traditional Tokelaun weaving techniques from her mother, and hear about some of the tools she uses in her practice. https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/
Images
UN-supervised referendum, Tokelau
UN-supervised referendum, Tokelau
A ballot box arrives at Fakaofo Atoll, Tokelau, in 2007 for a referendum on self-government, supervised by the United Nations. Any move to self-government needed to be approved by two-thirds of Tok...
Books
Mythology - Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
In Oceanic mythology there are two distinct types of origin stories: an evolutionary or genealogical type that traces the origin of man from far distant beginnings, in which abstract elements and s...
Books
Sacred Food - Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
Whenever sacred fish (ika sa)—whale (tafola), swordfish (sakula), and turtle (fonu)—were caught they were brought to the village malae for ceremonial prayers of thanks and distribution among all th...
Audio
Fighting Tokelau's tobacco crisis
Fighting Tokelau's tobacco crisis
Louise Thornley and Joe Wilson reflect on a VSA assignment to Tokelau to extinguish the Pacific's most staggering smoking statistics.
Images
Tokelau first day cover
This was Tokelau's first stamp issue, which was released in 1948. A first day cover is an envelope with stamps attached and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued, and they are pop...
Images
Inati ceremony - food division, Nukunonu Atoll, Tokelau
Inati ceremony - food division, Nukunonu Atoll, Tokelau
Images
Tokelau Islands, Rebuilding a Fale.
Tokelau Islands, Rebuilding a Fale.
Title: Tokelau Islands Description: Rebuilding a fale (house) damaged by a storm. Fakaofo, Tokelau Islands. Photographer: Mr. Nicholson Date: November 1966 Archives reference: AAQT 6539 W3537 Box 6...
Audio
Te Vaka
Te Vaka
Listen to a segment of a song from the successful Tokelauan band Te Vaka. The pate (log drums) maintain Pacific timbres and beats, forming the backdrop to their songs. They sing of Tokelau’s histor...
Images
Woman cooking, Fakaofo, Tokelau
Woman cooking, Fakaofo, Tokelau
Audio
Tokelau in 2019
We're taking our regional series further afield with RNZ Pacific reporter Mackenzie Smith who's going to fill us in on Tokelau, and New Zealand's relationship with the territory.
Articles
Tokelau launches its climate change strategy in New York
Strengthening the coastline of Tokelau's three inhabited atolls against the impact of storm surges and rising sea levels is a key part of the territory's climate change strategy.
Audio
Tokelau aims to restore traditional political power balance
Tokelau has amended its constitution to rein in the government administration and restore power to the Taupulega, or village councils.
Articles
Tokelau seeks closer PIF ties
Tokelau is asking to join the Pacific Islands Forum so it can speak out on climate change.
Images
Little boy walking in front of Tokelau performers at the 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Noumea, New Caledonia
Dancers from Tokelau
Dressed for the occasion, these Tokelauan dancers perform the fatele at the 8th Pacific Arts Festival in New Caledonia in 2008. Held every four years, the festival brings together an appreciation f...
Images
Lord and Lady Cobham arriving at Atafu Island, Tokelau
The Cobhams visit Tokelau
People from Tokelau are known for their hospitality. Here they are seen carrying Governor-General Lord Cobham and Lady Cobham from the ferry to dry land. The ship that carried them to Tokelau can b...
Maps
Nukunonu, Tokelau.
Nukunonu
Tokelau consists of three atolls, of which Nukunonu is the largest. It lies between the atolls of Atafu and Fakaofo. Atolls are close spaced coral reefs or islands surrounding a lagoon. Atolls ori...
Images
Sir Bernard Fergusson and his family carried ashore, Tokelau
Visitors carried ashore
This image from 1964 shows Sir Bernard, his wife Lady Laura Fergusson and their son being brought ashore on a litter. Tokelau was under British protection from 1877. Administration of Tokelau was...
Images
Tokelauan group who came to live in Wellington
Living in Wellington
Tokelauans are citizens of New Zealand and have full right to enter, live and enjoy the same benefits as any New Zealander. Many Tokelauans, like the group in this photograph from 1964, made Welli...
Images
Agate, Alfred T 1812-1846 :Cocoanut grove at Fakaafo or Bowditch I. / painted by A.T.Agate; engr. by J Smillie. Philadelphia, [s.n.], 1849.
Coconut grove
sailor catches up with three Tokelauans in a coconut grove. In the background is a large dwelling centre or main meeting house. The roof looks like it is thatched with coconut fronds. Coconut tree...
Newspapers
A HAVEN OF REST. (Mataura Ensign 9-1-1914)
Haven of rest
Dr Hoare and a trader were the only white men residing in Tokelau in 1914 when the islands were under British annexation. Their racist opinion then was that the people were lazy but peaceful and wi...
Articles
Tokelau
An overview of Tokelau’s geography, politics, economy, demographics and culture.
Books
Bonito fishing
Trolling for bonito (alo) is the greatest sport of Tokelau men.
Articles
Badge of the general Fono of Tokelau
The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, presents the Badge of the General Fono of Tokelau to the Ulu-o-Tokelau, Aliki Faipule Salesio Lui, at a ceremony at Government House Wellington.
Books
Tokelau dictionary
A Tokelauan dictionary.
Videos
Water is rising
Performance and purpose illuminate the plight of the coral atolls of Kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu.
Articles
Climate Change
A list of pdf documents related to Climate Change in Tokelau.
Images
Photos from Nukunonu
Images of life on the island of Nukunonu.
Articles
Tokelauans
Tokelauans
Tokelau’s three populated atolls – Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu – have only a tiny habitable area. Life was not always easy in the tropical paradise, with limited resources for a growing population,...
Images
Fakaofo handicrafts
Carved and woven handicrafts from Fakaofo.
Videos
Faafoi brothers go to Tokelau
Jason and Kris Faafoi visit their homeland of Tokelau, for the first time.
Videos
The Tokelau national anthem
Eric Lemuelu Falima’s winning entry becomes Tokelau’s national anthem.
Videos
Return to Tokelau
Anauli Karima Fai'ai follows Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi back to his parents' homeland of Tokelau, on a mission to strengthen New Zealand's relationship with the island nation.
Websites
WWW
Tokelau culture and history
The culture and history of Tokelau
Articles
Life a few metres above sea level
A journey to the vulnerable ‘necklace of small islands’.
Videos
Scenes of Fakaofo atoll, Tokelau
Scenes of Fakaofo atoll, Tokelau
Drone footage of Fakaofo, a low-lying atoll of Tokelau. Tokelau's other motu (atolls) include Nukunonu and Atafu. About 1,500 Tokelauans live on these atolls which are in the South Pacific Ocean, a...
Videos
The sunny people of Tokelau
A short documentary on the benefits of solar energy to the Tokelau atolls.
Articles
World factbook – Tokelau
CIA World Factbook provides current facts and figures about Tokelau, including demographic and economic data.
Articles
Boost to Tokelauan disaster preparedness
New Zealand’s Civil Defence Minister visits Tokelau to oversee progress on building emergency preparedness.
Audio
Adjustments of Pacific islanders in New Zealand
A woman living on Tokelau expresses discontent about the lack of help given to Pacific migrants to prepare them for life in New Zealand.
Videos
Tokelau medley
Tokelau medley sung by Vaniah Toloa, Jewel Tuitama and Gideon Toloa.
Articles
New Zealand and Tokelau
New Zealand and Tokelau on governance, trade and development.
Articles
Summary of the Constitution of Tokelau
A page on the Government of Tokelau website, with a summary of the consitution of Tokelau, summary of the Treaty of Free Association and 2007 referendum information.
Articles
Solar power in Tokelau. Junior Journal: No 57: 2018
This article explains how and why Tokelau moved to renewable energy, such as solar power. School login is required.
Articles
Tafoe O! School Journal Level 2: November 2018
Tokelau artist and master carver Paulino Tuwhala teaches a group to make foe (paddles) that can be used to perform a tafoe (dance).
Articles
Tokelauan Fishing Quest: sharing adventure, food and tradition
In the remote Tokelau atolls, everyone plays a role in looking after the community through traditions like Faiva Fakamua.
Websites
WWW
Digital Pasifik
See, discover and explore items of digitised Pacific cultural heritage that are held in collections around the world.
Articles
Tokelauan people in New Zealand
Statistics of Pacific and Tokelau population in New Zealand.
Videos
VAKA
VAKA
VAKA is a short documentary about the energy and resilience of the Tokelauan people as they weave their customary-wisdom regarding the environment with modern eco-technologies to respond to climate...
Articles
The Waka Tapu voyage
The Waka Tapu sailed the Polynesian triangle from Aotearoa to Rapanui and back using celestial navigation.
Websites
WWW
Government of Tokelau
The government of Tokelau website, which includes current information on Tokelau.
Audio
Cricket: the sport that stops Tokelau
Cricket: the sport that stops Tokelau
Cricket is the national sport in Tokelau and every January its people come together for a month-long tournament before returning to work.
Articles
Demographic history of the Tokelau Islands
History of Tokelau covering traditions, early European contact and colonial administration.
Audio
Cry of the stolen people
'Cry of the Stolen People' was written specifically for this ensemble. It tells the story of a tragic part of Pasifika history which remains largely unknown.
Newspapers
SLAVERS AMONG THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ISLANDS. (Wellington Independent, 20 August 1863)
Articles
An invasion of yellow crazies
Scientists combat an invasive species of yellow ants on the island of Tokelau.
Images
Tuluma (fishing tackle box)
Tuluma (fishing tackle box)
This is a tuluma, a wooden box used by fishermen from Tokelau to keep their fishing gear, cigarettes and other personal items dry while they are at sea. On land, tuluma are used as storage containe...
Articles
Tokelau
Find out more about Tokelau through videos, blogs, and an activity book.
Articles
Tokelau and New Zealand relations
A historical perspective on NZ and Tokelau relations.
Articles
Waka hourua (TMCC2)
View (or print) the curiosity card about waka hourua (double-hulled canoe). Use the card’s fertile questions to inspire inquiry.
Articles
Magō!
This is a humorous, entertaining story based on a true event.
Articles
Seven things you should know about Tokelau
Pacific Curator Sean Mallon gives us seven facts about Tokelau – a country made up of four atolls.
Audio
Tiny Pacific nation declares whaling free zone
Tiny Pacific nation declares whaling free zone
Tokelau has declared its waters a whaling free zone at a meeting in Auckland today.

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