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- Government
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- Long-form name: none
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- Type: territory of New Zealand
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- Capital: none, each atoll has its own administrative center
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- Administrative divisions: none (territory of New Zealand)
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- Independence: none (territory of New Zealand)
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- Constitution: administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of
- 1948, as amended in 1970
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- Legal system: British and local statutes
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- National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established
- British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
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- Executive branch: administrator (appointed by the Minister of
- Foreign Affairs in New Zealand), official secretary
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- Legislative branch: Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll
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- Judicial branch: High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New
- Zealand
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- Leaders:
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- Chief of State--Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
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- Head of Government--Administrator Neil WALTER (since February
- 1988; Official Secretary Casimilo J. PEREZ, Office of Tokelau
- Affairs
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- Suffrage: NA
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- Elections: NA
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- Communists: probably none
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- Member of: SPC
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- Diplomatic representation: none (territory of New Zealand)
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- Flag: the flag of New Zealand is used
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