Administrative divisions: none (territory of New Zealand)
Independence: none (territory of New Zealand)
National holiday: Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi
established British sovereignty over New Zealand)
Constitution: administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as
amended in 1970
Legal system: British and local statutes
Suffrage: NA
Executive branch:
Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
Head of Government: Administrator Graham ANSELL (since NA 1990;
appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in New Zealand); Official
Secretary Casimilo J. PEREZ (since NA), Office of Tokelau Affairs;
Tokelau's governing Council will elect its first head of government
Legislative branch: unicameral Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each
atoll
Judicial branch: High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand
Political parties and leaders: NA