!!!Tokelau %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Tokelau' type='embedded' zoom='bounds' width='450' height='350'}] %% [{Image src='tl-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval. %%menu-geo %%cols-r * %%icon-geo,geo %% [Geography|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Tokelau/Geography] * %%icon-geo,maps %% [Maps|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Tokelau/Maps] * %%icon-geo,culture %% [Culture|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Tokelau/Culture] ---- * %%icon-geo,special %% [Special Information|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Tokelau/Special_Information] * %%icon-geo,picture %% [Pictures|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Tokelau/Pictures] * %%icon-geo,community %% [Community Contributions|Geography/Territories_Oceans_and_Islands/Tokelau/Community_Contributions] %% %%