Alexandra woman Ngaire Woodward is in Dunstan Hospital recovering from a broken pelvis she sustained in last month's Samoan tsunami while there on holiday with Auckland friend Jill Barron.
Towering tsunami waves spawned by a powerful earthquake swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities.
A fresh tsunami warning has been issued in Samoa, hours after a powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing at least 82 people and leaving dozens missing.
The Government tonight reported one New Zealander dead and nine injured after a tsunami smashed through the southern coast of Samoa.
While an anticipated tsunami failed to have an impact on southern beaches yesterday, the aftermath of the South Pacific disaster continues to reverberate for thousands of Samoans in the South as they wait for news from home.
One of the New Zealand tourists killed by the tsunami in Samoa has been identified as a mother of three from Raglan.
New Zealand medical service providers are gearing up to help over-stretched doctors and hospitals in Samoa in the wake of yesterday's earthquake and tsunami.
New Zealand tourists have told of their terror when the tsunami smashed through their Samoan beach resort.
From the Red Cross headquarters in Apia Douglas Clark is watching a traffic jam unfold in the Samoan capital.
A tsunami watch for the offshore waters of north Queensland has been cancelled.
The New Zealand Red Cross appeal forvictims of the Samoa earthquake and tsunami has reached $1 million.
A Samoa relief fundraising concert featuring top New Zealand musicians will take place in Auckland this month.
A Hamilton primary school where a victim of the Samoa tsunami taught will be greeted by an Education Ministry trauma team when it opens next week.
Salamasina Ale Taufua should be dead From head to toe, she is covered with bruises, deep cuts and welts.
In the hills above the stricken south coast of Samoa, 49 people are huddled under a single tarpaulin.
The Dunedin community is pulling together to organise a fundraising concert, donations, and delivery of relief supplies as the outpouring of grief over the Pacific tsunami tragedy continues.
As the focus in Samoa turns from rescue to clean-up following the tsunami that hit last week, New Zealand is sending a further 12 medical staff to help.
A New Zealand woman whose family home and possessions were washed away by the tsunami in Samoa found the toughest thing to deal with was the looting that followed.
Waikato sisters Rebecca and Petria Martin are the latest New Zealanders confirmed dead after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake and tsunami devastated Samoa last Wednesday.
A New Zealand medical team will today begin operating on those injured during the quake and tsunami that hit Samoa last week.
