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'', 9 September 2012"End-of-year target for Tokelau’s renewable energy scheme"
Radio New Zealand International, 7 March 2012 is a Tokelauan politician who served as the

Head of the Government of Tokelau The office of head of government of Tokelau ( tkl, Ulu-o-Tokelau), often simply called the , rotates yearly between the (leaders) of Tokelau's three atolls: Atafu, Fakaofo, and Nukunonu. The current is Siopili Perez, the Faipule of Nukunonu ...

( tkl, Ulu-o-Tokelau), or , from February 2012 to March 2013, again from 12 March 2019 to 9 March 2020, and again from 8 March 2021. He is a member of the

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, 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 rotates on an annual basis between the of each of the country's three atolls; Kalolo, as of

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, took office as for the first time in 2012.
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'', which was considered no longer to be safe and seaworthy, with the newer, custom-built '' PB Matua'', provided by

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."Tokelau leader dumped after losing confidence of New Zealand Foreign Minister"
Radio New Zealand International, 25 February 2013 In June 2012, Kalolo sacked his Minister for Transport,

Foua Toloa Foua Toloa (died 23 June 2015) was a Tokelauan politician who served as the Head of the Government of Tokelau, or ''Ulu'', from 21 February 2009, to 21 February 2010. He was a member of the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau, and was ...

, over the latter's insistence that the ''MV Tokelau'' was still seaworthy, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully's indication that the New Zealand government could not work with Toloa. Toloa's portfolios (Finance, Telecommunications, Energy and Transport) were taken over by the . Kalolo also oversaw the small country's transition from diesel-powered energy to solar energy, implemented by the New Zealand company Vector in 2012, this system was upgraded and repaired in 2020, also under his leadership. In September 2012, he was appointed Chancellor of the regional

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. Prior to becoming , he had served as the University's co-ordinator in Tokelau. His first term as ended in March 2013; his successor was Salesio Lui, the of

Nukunonu Nukunonu is the largest atoll within Tokelau, a dependency of New Zealand, in the south Pacific Ocean. It comprises 30 islets surrounding a central lagoon, with about of land area and a lagoon surface area of . Motuhaga is the only islet that ...

. He became again in March 2019, replacing

Afega Gaualofa Aliki Faipule Afega Gaualofa is a Tokelauan politician who served as the 24th and 26th Head of Government of Tokelau from 8 March 2016 to 6 March 2017 and again from 5 March 2018 to 12 March 2019. He had also served as the ''Faipule'' (leader) of F ...

. He was succeeded by

Fofo Esera Tuisano The office of head of government of Tokelau ( tkl, Ulu-o-Tokelau), often simply called the , rotates yearly between the (leaders) of Tokelau's three atolls: Atafu, Fakaofo, and Nukunonu. The current is Siopili Perez, the Faipule of Nukunonu ...

. He became once again in March 2021, replacing Fofo Esera Tuisano. In 2020, Kalolo drafted a referendum set for

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for the territory to gain more

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or possibly become

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from

. His third term as ended on 19 May 2022 and he was succeeded by

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, of Nukunonu.

References

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