60 pasene ‘ua lē maua ‘e To’elau mai faigā faiva

‘E 60 pasene ‘e le’i maua ‘e atumotu ‘o Tokelau mai ana tupe maua māsani mai faigā faiva ‘i le vā ‘o Fepuari ma le māsina ‘o Iuni ‘o le tausaga nei, ‘ona ‘ua fa’amuta le ‘avea ‘o To’elau ma sui ‘āuai ‘o se maliega tau faigā faiva ‘a le Pasefika.

Na fa’ailoa mai ‘i se līpoti ‘a le Uaeālesi Fa’asalalau ‘a Niu Sila, ‘e fa’apea, na fa’ate’a ’ese Tokelau mai le feagaiga ‘e fa’aigoaina ‘o le Vessel Day Scheme (VDS), ‘a atunu’u ‘o lo’o ‘avea ma sui ‘āuai ‘o le Māliega ‘i Nauru (Parties to Nauru Agreement, poo le PNA).

‘O lea feagaiga ‘e fa’ataga ai atunu’u ‘āuai ‘uma ‘e faia laisene mō ni va’afāgota mai fafo ‘e fia fāgotaina o lātou ‘ōgāsami.

Peita’i lā, ‘e lei fa’amautūina mai le māfua’aga ‘o le fa’ai’uga lea ‘ua ‘ave’esea ai Tokelau mai lea Feagaiga ‘a le Pasefika..

‘O fa’amatalaga āloa’ia ‘ua fa’amatu’uina mai ‘i lalo ‘o le Tūlāfono ‘o Fa’amatalaga ‘a Niu Sila, le Official Information Act, ‘ua iloa ai, le faia ‘o se fetu’una’iga ‘o le Tala ‘o le Tupe ‘a atumotu ‘o Tokelau, ‘ona ‘o le tūlaga fa’aitīitia ‘o ana tupe maua talu ai ‘ona ‘ua fa’amuta lona ‘avea ma sui ‘āuai ‘o le feagaiga tau faigā faiva ‘e pei ‘ona tā’ua.

‘O faigā faiva ‘i  ‘ōgāsami loloto, ‘ona pau lea ‘o le ‘auala tūma’oti sā maua ai sēleni ‘a motu ‘o Tokelau.

‘O se līpoti mai le Fa’alāpotopotoga mō le Ātīna’e Felagolagoma’i, lea ‘e tā’ua ‘o le OECD, na tā’ua ai ‘e fa’apea na maua ‘e atumotu ‘o Tokelau le aofa’iga ‘e tusa ma le $15-Miliona ‘i le tausaga ‘e 2024 mai le feagaiga lenei tau faigā faiva ‘a le Pasefika.

‘O le vaegātupe ‘ua fa’atūlagaina ‘e le Mālō Niu Sila mō atumotu ‘o Tokelau mai ‘iā Iuni ‘o le 2024 ‘e o’o atu ‘i le tausaga fou 2027, ‘e $138-miliona, ‘ae lē ‘o aofia ai se fuafuaga ‘i le pa’ū pei ‘ona aliali mai nei ‘i tupe maua ‘a Tokelau mai faigā faiva, pei ‘ona tūla’i mai.

Link to RNZ Pacific (Article): https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/1066679/tokelau-loses-nearly-two-thirds-of-revenue-after-fisheries-pact-expulsion

IMAGE/ATA: Elena Pasilio / RNZ Pacific