Tokelau

After a baby whale shark named Gulliver was discovered in a remote atoll in Tokelau, children were kept away from the water for months and local leaders plotted its death.

A New Zealand law firm says Tokelauans are being shut out of legal processes and denied human rights and freedoms.

The New Zealand Defence Force and the country's Ministry for Primary Industries have inspected 10 vessels during recent maritime patrols in the exclusive economic zones of Samoa and Tokelau.

New Zealand's Minister of Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio, is calling on people to become champions of the Tokelauan language.

The first local newspapers in Tokelau are returning young people to the territory, improving their language skills and strengthening community ties there.

New Zealand has told a United Nations committee on decolonisation that it's committed to helping Tokelau become self-governing.

Tokelau's Fakaofo atoll will boycott a new ship New Zealand is providing, a leader says.

New Zealand's Auditor-General has asked the Foreign Ministry to step in and improve fiscal controls in Tokelau, New Zealand's Administrator to the territory says.

A small 2-metre sea wall is all that protects Tokelau's Fakaofo atoll from the rising tides, and waters already lap at its highest point. Audio

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has committed to visiting Tokelau within the next two years.

New Zealand is building weather stations in Tokelau to assist with climate change research.

New Zealand has delivered emergency supplies to Tokelau to assist with disaster preparation.

Analysis - A New Zealand delegation travelling to Tokelau this week will find a territory divided, tense and looking to Wellington for a way forward, writes Mackenzie Smith.

A Samoan-Tokelaun reverend is hoping to promote multi-culturalism as the elected leader of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Audio

New Zealand has announced the first ministerial trip to Tokelau in more than a decade.