Tokelauan

Some of the spouses did not feel the need to support the old Tokelauan couple.

The boat will be off loaded without any physical contact with the Tokelauan population.

He served as the former Tokelauan director of education.

Religion is a significant part of the Tokelauan way of life.

In 2011, the Tokelauan Census for the first time asked a series of questions about reading and writing skills.

For services to the Tokelauan community and the community.

They are the primary healthcare facilities for Tokelauan residents.

Only 1.4% of Tokelauans are unable to write in the Tokelauan language.

Upcoming Tokelauan medical graduates are believed to be alleviating this shortage.

Like many other Pacific nations, Tokelauan rugby is a popular, but often not formally organised sport.

The most important languages spoken in Tokelau are English and Tokelauan.

In hindsight, the researcher suggested that a telephone call was not a method to be used for recruiting Tokelauan participants for any research project.

Iupati is currently translating the Bible from English into Tokelauan.

Tokelau has two official languages: Tokelauan and English.

This has allowed the nation to gain enhanced telecommunications technologies, such as more computers and Internet access for Tokelauan residents.

Where a person is required to go to Samoa for healthcare the Tokelauan Government provides a subsidy.

Te Vakai is a Tokelauan newsletter published in the English language.

Publication was later taken over by the Office of Tokelauan Affairs, and was eventually stopped entirely.

In 2006, all people who answered the religion question on the Tokelauan census gave one of the major Christian denominations as their religion.

He has authored grammars of Samoan and Tokelauan.

People who speak Tokelauan and people who speak Tuvaluan can understand each other.

A Tokelauan woman arrived in New Zealand in August 1977, with her children and husband.

However no team was present for the Opening Ceremony, and no Tokelauan athletes took part in the Games.

Salesio Lui is a Tokelauan politician.

Human rights were not mentioned in Tokelauan legislation until the Human Rights Rules 2004.

This group is led by its seventh form leaders who are of Tokelauan descent.

Many of their songs incorporate elements of Tokelauan music.

It is closely related to Tokelauan language.

Patuki Isaako is a Tokelauan political figure.

Tokelauan language closely belonging to the group of Samoic languages, it is the same, derived from Samoan.

Some 925 of those New Zealand-Americans declared they were of Tokelauan origin.

The proportion of females in Tokelau with 'very good' English writing skills is greater than that of Tokelauan males.

However, like some other national rugby league teams, the national side has relied on Australian based players with Tokelauan heritage to bolster its strength.

Tokelauan society was governed by chiefly clans, and there were occasional inter-atoll skirmishes and wars as well as inter-marriage.

However the proportion of Tokelauan females that cannot write in English at all is also greater than that of Tokelauan males.

I share with you this poem titled 'te vaka', and a Tokelauan song by Te Vaka from which the poem was inspired.

Toloa's visit to New Zealand was part of a series of discussions with Tokelauan communities living in New Zealand and Australia.

Check out the newest sounds rocking the Pacific with the latest release of NZ-based Tokelauan band Te Vaka - Nukukehe.

Tokelauan is spoken in Tokelau, American Samoa, and by Tokelauan people in New Zealand.

Many Tokelauan youth travel to New Zealand to further their education and the ship is full around Christmas time with students returning home and then heading off for another year of study.

During a trip to Tokelauan communities of New Zealand in September 2009, Toloa advocated a return to observer representation in the Tokelau Fono for Tokelauans living overseas.

Foa'i was born in Western Samoa, to a Tokelauan father and a Tuvaluan mother, and raised in a Tokelauan community in New Zealand.

Tokelauan players who have played at NRL or Super League include, Alehana Mara, Marvin Filipo, Vince Mellars, Francis Meli, Uiti Baker and Ivan Penehe.

An unintended result of the United Nations' recent efforts to promote decolonization in Tokelau has been the re-emergence of a Tokelauan claim to Swains Island, which is legally part of American Samoa, hitherto a somewhat dormant issue.

All songs on this album were written by Opetaia Foa'i with the exception of "Pate Pate" which was written by Opetaia Foa'i and Malcolm Smith, the beginning of Vaka atua and Aue kapaku which are traditional Tokelauan songs.

For the purpose of acquiring citizenship, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency and Tokelau are treated as part of New Zealand - hence, for example, a child born in Tokelau to a Tokelauan permanent resident would qualify for New Zealand citizenship.