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TOKELAU READIES FOR HISTORIC REFERENDUM
Melbourne, Australia (Radio Australia, Feb. 6) –
A voter education workshop is being organiZed next week in Tokelau to prepare voters for the first ever national referendum next month.
The Tokelau population of 1,500 will decide whether to be self governing or remain in free association with New Zealand.
The vote will take place between Feb. 11 and Feb. 15, beginning in Apia, Samoa before moving to the three islands in Tokelau.
Tokelau, a former British protectorate, became a territory of New Zealand in 1925.
The territory, located north of Samoa, includes the three Polynesia tolls of Atafu, Nukunonu and Falaofo.
A number of international organizations and governments, including New Zealand and the United Nations, will observe the referendum.
If the result is in favor of self-determination, the New Zealand parliament will repeal the Tokelau Act of 1948 and the two governments will sign a Treaty of Free Association with Tokelau no longer being a colony.
For More Information -http://www.tokelau.org.nz/selfdeter/selfdeterm2.html
