Tsunami benefit concert to be shown live in NZ

New Zealand viewers will be able to see the tsunami benefit concert Australasia Unites: Reach Out To Asia live on television.

Prime television will be carrying the show - which features New Zealand hip-hop star Scribe - from the Sydney Opera House forecourt at 8.30pm, Saturday.

Other performers will include expatriate singer Jon Stevens, Australian Idol Guy Sebastian, rock bands Jet and Killing Heidi and singer-songwriters Missy Higgins and Kasey Chambers.

The show is part of a joint appeal between Australia's top three television networks run in conjunction with a live telethon hosted by chatshow star Rove McManus, Who Wants to be a Millionaire frontman Eddie McGuire and travel show presenter Catriona Rowntree.

Local viewers will be able to make donations throughout the evening on special Tsunami 0800 and 0900 numbers.