Tokelau , a dependency of New Zealand, has taken part in the Pacific Games and Pacific Mini Games. [1] [2] [3]
| Tokelau at the Pacific Games | |
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| Pacific Games appearances (overview) | |
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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 1979 Suva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
 1983 Apia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 1987-1999 | Did not participate | |||||
| 2003 Suva | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
| 2007 Apia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
 2011 Nouméa | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
 2015 Port Morsby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2019 Apia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | |
 2023 Honiara | Future event | |||||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 | |
| Tokelau at the Pacific Mini Games | |
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| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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 2009 Avarua | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
 2011 Mata Utu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
 2017 Port Vila | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
 2022 Saipan | Did not participate | |||||
 2025 Koror | Future event | |||||
| Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |
Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo. They have a combined land area of 10 km2 (4 sq mi). In addition to these three, Swains Island, which forms part of the same archipelago, is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute; it is currently administered by the United States as part of American Samoa. Tokelau lies north of the Samoan Islands, east of Tuvalu, south of the Phoenix Islands, southwest of the more distant Line Islands, and northwest of the Cook Islands.
The politics of Tokelau takes place within a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency. The head of state of Tokelau is King Charles III in right of his Realm of New Zealand, who is represented by an Administrator. The monarch is hereditary, the Administrator is appointed by the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The Realm of New Zealand is the area over which the monarch of New Zealand is head of state. The realm is not a federation but is a collection of states and territories united under its monarch. New Zealand is an independent and sovereign state that has one territorial claim in Antarctica, one dependent territory (Tokelau), and two associated states. The Realm of New Zealand encompasses the three autonomous jurisdictions of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue.
The Tokelau national rugby league team represents Tokelau in rugby league football and first participated in international competition in 1986.
The administrator of Tokelau is an official of the New Zealand Government, responsible for supervising the government of the dependent territory of Tokelau.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tokelau:
The 2011 Pacific Games took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from August 27 to September 10, 2011. Nouméa was the 14th host of the Pacific Games. Upon closure of the registration for entries, "some 4,300 athletes" had registered from the twenty-two competing nations, although it was expected that not all would attend.
Rugby union is a popular sport in Tokelau.
Tokelau competed at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia between August 27 and September 10, 2011. As of June 28, 2011 Tokelau has listed 22 competitors.
The 2019 Pacific Games was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Games. The Games were held in Apia, Samoa, returning there for the first time since 2007. It was the third time overall that the Pacific Games were held in Samoa.
Aliki Kelihiano Kalolo is a Tokelauan politician who has served several times as the Head of the Government of Tokelau, or Ulu, most recently from 6 March 2023 to 12 March 2024. He previously served in the same position from February 2012 to March 2013, again from 12 March 2019 to 9 March 2020, and again from 8 March 2021 to 19 May 2022. He is a member of the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau, serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Education, Economic Development, Natural Resources and the Environment, prior to and then simultaneously to his leadership of the government. The office of Ulu rotates on an annual basis between the faipule of each of the country's three atolls; Kalolo, as faipule of Atafu, took office as Ulu for the first time in 2012.
Athletics competitions have been held at every Pacific Games since the inaugural edition 1963 in Suva, Fiji and at every Pacific Mini Games since the inaugural edition 1981 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Both events are open for the 22 member federations of the Pacific Games Council. The Pacific Games started as South Pacific Games and were renamed in 2011, whereas the Pacific Mini Games started as South Pacific Mini Games and were renamed in 2009.
Tokelau competed at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 4 to 18 July 2015. The country was represented by one athlete, one coach and two officials. Tokelau was one of two countries that did not win a medal during the games.
The 2017 Pacific Mini Games were held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in December 2017. It was the tenth edition of the Pacific Mini Games, and the second to be hosted in Vanuatu.
Laurel Hubbard is a New Zealand weightlifter. Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games. Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division.
Tokelauan people are a Polynesian ethnic group native to Tokelau, a Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, who share the Tokelauan Polynesian culture, history and language.
New Zealand competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 20 July 2019. A team of 47 athletes was selected to represent the country for New Zealand's second appearance at the Pacific Games. New Zealand competed in five sports.
Swimming at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa was held on 8–13 July 2019 at the Samoa Aquatic Centre in Apia, with the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort in Mulifanua hosting the open water swim.
Tokelau competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 8 to 20 July 2019.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tokelau is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Tokelau reported its first confirmed case on 21 December 2022. COVID-19 reached all three of Tokelau's main atolls in July 2023, when the government confirmed the community spread of the virus on Fakaofo, the last atoll without infections.
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