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===Offices to Contact=== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
[https://www.government.pn/index.php Pitcairn Islands Official Site]<br> | |||
[https://www.government.pn/index.php Pitcairn Islands | |||
P.O. Box 105 696<br> | P.O. Box 105 696<br> | ||
Auckland<br> | Auckland<br> | ||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Pitcairn Island is part of the United Kingdom with a "Governor whose offices are in Wellington, New Zealand." A Commissioner "handles most on-going, practical matters for Pitcairn" but is located in Auckland, New Zealand. | |||
"On Pitcairn Island there is the Island Council which meets with the island’s Mayor...." "Under ideal circumstances the Council is in complete charge of governing the island locally."<ref>Pacific Union College, [https://library.puc.edu/pitcairn/pitcairn/govt.shtml The Pitcairn Island Government, [History of Government & Laws], (accessed 21 February 2023).</ref> | |||
"With a population of only around fifty, the people of Pitcairn are descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions."<ref>The Government of the Pitcairn Islands, [https://www.government.pn/ Official Site], (accessed 21 February 2023). </ref> | "With a population of only around fifty, the people of Pitcairn are descended from the mutineers of HMAV Bounty and their Tahitian companions."<ref>The Government of the Pitcairn Islands, [https://www.government.pn/ Official Site], (accessed 21 February 2023). </ref> | ||