7 Mar 2017

Tokelau installs Siopili Perez as Ulu

2:24 pm on 7 March 2017

Tokelau has inaugurated its new Ulu, or leader.

The Ulu of Tokelau, Siopili Perez, and his wife, Taase Perez, at their inauguration.

The Ulu of Tokelau, Siopili Perez and his wife, Taase Perez, at their inauguration. Photo: SUPPLIED / Tokelau government

Siopili Perez, who is the faipule, or chief, on Nukunonu - one of the three atolls making up Tokelau - will hold the post for a year.

It is his second time in the post after being Ulu in 2015.

The inauguration of the 25th Ulu o Tokelau, Aliki Faipule Siopili Perez, comes as the Tokelau General Fono, or parliament, meets on Nukunonu.

One item up for discussion is the territory's multi million dollar purchase of two helicopters, a move that has angered the New Zealand Government, which sent its administrator,

David Nicholson, to the islands last month seeking an explanation.