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The Pitcairn Islands,officially Pitcairn,Henderson,Ducie and Oeno Islands,are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands—Pitcairn,Henderson,Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about 18 square miles (47 km2). Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area,but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The inhabited islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva,688 km to the west,as well as Easter Island,1,929 km to the east.
The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean,with a population of about 50. The politics of the islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency,whereby the Mayor is the head of government. The territory's constitution is the Local Government Ordinance of 1964. In terms of population,the Pitcairn Islands is the smallest democracy in the world.
The history of the Pitcairn Islands begins with the colonization of the islands by Polynesians in the 11th century. Polynesian people established a culture that flourished for four centuries and then vanished. They lived on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands,and on Mangareva Island 540 kilometres (340 mi) to the northwest,for about 400 years.
Steven Raymond Christian is a politician,convicted sex offender and child rapist from the Pitcairn Islands. He was mayor of the islands from 1999 until 2004,when he was removed from office after being found guilty in the Pitcairn child sexual abuse trial.
In 2004,seven men living on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a third of the island's male population and included Steve Christian,the mayor. On 24 October,all but one of the defendants were found guilty on at least some of the charges. Another six men living abroad,including Shawn Christian,who later served as mayor of Pitcairn,were tried on 41 charges in a separate trial in Auckland,New Zealand,in 2005.
The Island Council is the legislature of the Pitcairn Islands.
Jay Calvin Warren is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands.
Meralda Elva Junior Warren is an artist and poet of the Pitcairn Islands,a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific. She works in both English and Pitkern,the island's distinctive creole language. Her book,Mi Bas Side Orn Pitcairn,written with the island's six children,is the first to be written and published in both English and Pitkern. As an artist,she works with tapa cloth,a Polynesian tradition. She has also published a cookbook featuring Pitcairn Island cuisine.
Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian is a political figure from the Pacific territory of the Pitcairn Islands. When her brother Steve Christian was removed from the office of mayor following the 2004 Pitcairn child sexual abuse trial,she served as interim mayor of the islands.
General elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 15 December 2004. Voters elected a mayor,a council chairman,and four councillors to sit on the island council.
Dame Frances Helen Wilde is a New Zealand politician,and former Wellington Labour member of parliament,Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. She was chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 2007 until 2015,and since 2019 she has chaired the board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Michael Calvert Warren is a Pitcairnese politician,who was Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands from 2008 to 2013.
General elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 11 December 2009. As there are no political parties on Pitcairn,the Deputy Mayor and all four candidates elected to the Island Council were independents. Simon Young became the first person not born on Pitcairn to be elected Deputy Mayor.
General elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 8 December 2008.
Shawn Brent Christian is a Pitcairnese politician,who served as Mayor of the Pitcairn Islands between 2014 and 2019. He previously served in prison after being convicted of child rape.
Jennifer O'Connell is a Canadian Liberal politician,who was elected to represent the riding of Pickering—Uxbridge in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
The 2016 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 8 October to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The incumbent was Celia Wade-Brown,who was first elected in the 2010 mayoral election. Wade-Brown did not seek re-election. Her title was pursued by her deputy,Justin Lester,councillors Jo Coughlan,Andy Foster,Helene Ritchie and Nicola Young,former mayor of Porirua City Nick Leggett and independent candidates Keith Johnson and Johnny Overton.
General elections were held in the Pitcairn Islands on 6 November 2019. Charlene Warren-Peu was elected as mayor,becoming the first woman to hold the position. The contest for Deputy Mayor was won by Kevin Young,whilst Lea Brown,Michele Christian,Shawn Christian,Ariel Harding and Leslie Jaques were elected to the Island Council.
Carol Grace Warren is a Pitcairn Islander. In 1973 she and Thelma Brown were elected to the Island Council,becoming its first female members.
Simon Young is an English-born Pitcairnese politician. He is currently Mayor of Pitcairn,the first non-native Pitcairn Islander to hold the position. He previously served as Deputy Mayor from 2009 to 2013.
References
- 1 2 Who Are the Pitcairners? Pitcairn Island Study Center
- 1 2 3 Charlene Warren-Peu, Pitcairn Island's first female mayor Stuff, 7 November 2019
- ↑ Election Dem Tull, October 2013
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