Tokelau

New Zealand's prime minister says she would look favourably on an airstrip being constructed in Tokelau.

New Zealand cabinet minister Carmel Sepuloni has hit back at criticism of the prime minister's visit to Tokelau by paying tribute to the contribution of Pacific Islanders.

New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples says an attack on the prime minister's visit to Tokelau by the opposition leader is divisive dog-whistle politics.

New Zealand opposition leader Simon Bridges has been labelled "desperate and disrespectful" for saying the prime minister should not have gone to Tokelau.

Tokelau's High Court has backed the government's dismissal of two public servants, but found it unlawfully withheld pay from them, in the first-ever decision from the NZ territory's highest court.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit Tokelau this weekend.

Tokelau's village councils are considering a site for a runway on the atolls, its leader says, re-igniting controversial plans for air services to the territory.

Tokelau has opened up its fishing waters to several Pacific island states.

A summit on empowering women in Tokelau has kicked off on Atafu.

Tokelau's annual carbon emissions have been quantified for the first time, revealing about 3000 tonnes of CO2 are released from its atolls every year.

Tokelau's government is looking at standardising its national language.

Tokelau's parliament is expected to debate an investigation report into the controversial spending of millions of dollars.

A Tokelau High Court judge has questioned New Zealand's role in the controversial suspension of two public servants in Tokelau.

An investigation into the conduct of two former public servants in Tokelau has come under scrutiny at a landmark hearing of the territory's High Court.

A Tokelau High Court judge says he's not sure he has the authority to reverse decisions by the territory's government.