| Capital | diferença do tempo: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Independência | none (territory of New Zealand) |
| Feriado nacional | Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 Fevereiro (1840) |
| Constitución | history: many previous; latest efectiva 1 Janeiro 1949 (Tokelau Islands Act 1948) amendments: proposed as a resolution by the General Fono; passage requires support by each village and approval by the General Fono; emendada many times, last in 2007 (2019) |
| Sufrágio | 21 anos de idade; universal |
| Poder Executivo | chefe do estado: Queen ELIZABETH II (desde 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General of New Zealand Governor General Dame Patricia Lee REDDY (desde 28 September 2016); New Zealand is represented by Administrator Jonathan KINGS (desde 30 August 2017) cabeça de governo: Afega GAULOFA (desde 10 March 2016); note - position rotates annually among the three Faipule (village leaders) cabinet: Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau (or Tokelau Council) functions as a cabinet; consists of 3 Faipule (village leaders) and 3 Pulenuku (village mayors) elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; cabeça de governo chosen from the Council of Faipule to serve a 1-year term note: the meeting place of the Tokelau Council rotates annually among the three atolls; this tradition has given rise to the somewhat misleading description that the capital rotates yearly between the three atolls; in actuality, it is the seat of the government councilors that rotates desde Tokelau has no capital |
Fonte: CIA World Factbook
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