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Possible Answers
Could include:
Changes
1. Population (demographic change)
- Ioane's generation did not come back; population declining
- young people leaving for education
2. Economic
- Tokelau Public Service brought cash economy
- introduction of paid work
- impact on inati system
- buy food from store instead of growing it
- money coming in from family overseas;
3. Diet
- increased consumption of palagi food, lead to health problems
4. Work
- paid work, women slowly taking on new jobs e.g. Tolise and Hegalo
- fewer people doing traditional jobs like fishing and gathering
food (like Puka)
5. Technology
- traditional tools being replaced by western tools
- Tokelau is wired - communication technologies
- plastic buckets, chairs and other items replacing traditional
materials
- nylon fishing nets and snorkels now used for fishing
6. Transport
- canoes given way to aluminium boats
- school boat replaced walking across reef to school
7. Government
- village council (Fono) accepted women at meetings.
8. Environment
- beach replaced by sea wall.
9. Role of women
- gradually changing
- work, participating in fono meetings
10. Housing
- made from imported materials, not many traditional houses left;
11. Entertainment
- Thursday disco
- hard to know what's Tokelauan and what's not
12. Clothing
- football jerseys and shorts for the men; more westernised
13. Education
- go to school rather than learning from watching elders
- leave to get an education
14. Health
- problems associated with palagi diet that didn't exist before
15. Traditional skills
- only a few, like Puka, can build a canoe, read the waves etc
- traditional skills being lost or used differently e.g. canoe carving skills used to make "guns".
Remained the same
1. Family still important
- Hegalo does what makes her parents happy
- the children must be fed
- families live in extended family groups
2. Community
- still strong
- compulsory games
- looking after the old people
3. Traditional skills
- handicrafts and other skills still being practised
4. Crime
- still no jail or any serious crime
5. Government
- Fono still organises life in the village
- still quite powerful
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