title: Patuki Isaako
text: # Patuki Isaako
  
  Patuki Isaako is a Tokelauan political figure.
  
  ## Background and political role
  
  Isaako is from Atafu. He was the head of government of Tokelau (Ulu o Tokelau) from February 2004 to February 2005.
  
  ### Issues
  
  In May 2004, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonialization held a seminar to discuss the independence of Tokelau from New Zealand. Isaako opposed the idea, mainly because Tokelau may be too small and undeveloped to function on its own.
  
  