Are you in Samoa?
Send us your stories, photos and video
Follow us on Twitter
John Key has arrived in Samoa to see for himself the destruction caused by this week's earthquake and tsunami.
Three New Zealanders are among the more than 120 people killed in the disaster.
One other is missing, presumed dead, and grave concerns are held for two more.
Mr Key's plane touched down in Apia just before midday today.
During his tour he will be meeting aid workers and locals, and will also have a meeting with Samoa's Prime Minister.
Meanwhile a Red Cross assessment of peoples' immediate needs is being pulled together today.
Spokeswoman Rosemarie North says a lot of people are displaced, camping out in orchards and fields.
She says others are staying with friends or family, until they feel safe going back to their homes.
And the Navy is loading its amphibious sea-lift vessel HMNZS Canterbury with supplies.
She is expected to set off on the four-day journey to Apia early next week.
Over the next few days personnel, cargo, vehicles and equipment including a Seasprite helicopter will go on board.
Any spare space on the vessel will be used to ship supplies for NZAID and other government departments.
Earlier today a group of New Zealanders injured in the tsunami arrived back in New Zealand.
Fourteen injured people, with six family members, were transported by the Air Force and landed at the Whenuapai Air Base around 1.30am.
They have been taken to several hospitals around the country.
Three Britons and two Germans, all injured, were also understood to be on the flight.
About 20 New Zealanders are known to have been injured, and Acting Prime Minister Bill English said yesterday 10 were serious cases.
- NEWSTALK ZB, NZPA
How you can help
Pacific Cooperation Foundation
Deposits can be made at at any Westpac branch. All the money raised will go to the Samoan Government
Red Cross
- Make a secure online donation at redcross.org.nz
- Send cheques to the Samoan Red Cross Fund, PO Box 12140, Thorndon, Wellington 6144
- Call 0900 31 100 to make an automatic $20 donation
- Make a donation at any NZ Red Cross office
ANZ bank
Make a donation at any ANZ bank branch, or donate directly to the ANZ appeal account: 01 1839 0143546 00
Oxfam
- Make a secure online donation at
Oxfam.org.nz
- Phone 0800 400 666 or make an automatic $20 donation by calling 0900 600 20
