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Introducing Tokelau
If you're into counting off countries, don't leave tiny Tokelau for last. This dot in the Pacific may well be gone, swallowed up by rising seas due to global warming, if you leave it too late.
Tokelau's name is Polynesian for north wind, and it's one of the most isolated places on earth. It takes 20 hours to sail there from its nearest neighbour, Samoa, and you can forget about flying - there's no airstrip. It's largely due to this remote factor that indigenous culture has been preserved on Tokelau to a far greater degree than elsewhere in the Pacific.
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Latest headlines for Tokelau
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Flu epidemic hits Pacific island
1 April 2009 8:04AM
The tiny South Pacific paradise of Tokelau is hit by a flu outbreak, New Zealand health authorities say.
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Regions and territories: Tokelau
3 December 2008 4:49PM
A profile of the three-island territory in the South Pacific
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Tokelau fails to back self-rule
25 October 2007 10:14AM
Voters on the tiny Pacific island group of Tokelau reject a plan to break away from New Zealand.
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