Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau<br/>
Date: Mar 02, 2003 @ 11:01<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-900081173">Karolis,<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;how would you classify the EEZ border between Cook Island and Niue<br/>
&gt;and CI-Tokelau. Certainly not international, nor internal...<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Niue and the Cook Islands are self-governing territories in free <br/>
association with New Zealand. Although New Zealand is responsible for their <br/>
defence and external affairs, this is supposedly undertaken in consultation <br/>
with the islanders, and the territories have the right to declare <br/>
independence without the agreement of New Zealand.<br/>
<br/>
Tokelau is a self-administering territory of New Zealand, but moving <br/>
towards free association status. New Zealand is therefore responsible for <br/>
their defence and external affairs.<br/>
<br/>
Given the above, I guess the borders would be internal at the moment, <br/>
although perhaps a new category is needed for semi-autonomous territories <br/>
under the umbrella of a &#39;parent&#39; country?<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;do you know about citizenship arrangements for the three countries?<br/>
&gt;NZ, but something like British Overseas??<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>I believe the Cook Islanders and Niueans (don&#39;t know about the Tokelauans) <br/>
hold dual citizenship of their own territories as well as that of New <br/>
Zealand. However, they don&#39;t issue their own passports, so New Zealand <br/>
citizenship is probably the only one that&#39;s relevant.<br/>
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Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>