Table of Contents

Preface/Introduction; Chapter 1: Preamble-1960 to 1974; Chapter 2: The Ministry Takes Charge; Chapter 3: Maopoopo Compromised: The Tokelau Public Service; Chapter 4: Pule 'authority': Political roles and Institutions; Chapter 5: Te Lumanaki o Tokelau/ 'The Future of Tokelau': Tokelau, New Zealand and The United Nations; Chapter 6: A Tokelau National Government: The First Sesign; Chapter 7: A New House for Tokelau: The Second Design; Chapter 8: Aiming Towards Self-determination: 2003-06; Conclusion; Index

About the Author

Judith Huntsman is an honorary professorial research fellow in Social Anthropology at The University of Auckland and a world expert on the history and anthropology of Tokelau. She is currently the editor of the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Kelihiano Kalolo is the director of the Tokelau Campus of the University of the South Pacific, at Atafu; between 1998 and 2004 he was either Tokelau's Director of Education or a member of the Modern House of Tokelau Project team.