_#_Type: territory of New Zealand
_#_Capital: none, each atoll has its own administrative center
_#_Administrative divisions: none (territory of New Zealand)
_#_Independence: none (territory of New Zealand)
_#_Constitution: administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
_#_Legal system: British and local statutes
_#_National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
_#_Executive branch: administrator (appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand), official secretary
_#_Legislative branch: Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll
_#_Judicial branch: High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand