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Tsunami: Samoa starts picking up the pieces
As day breaks the clean-up begins in the coastal area of south-east Upolu Island, which bore the brunt of the post-quake sea surge.
Tsunami: 'She grabbed baby but it was too late'
Salamasina Taufua tried desperately to keep her 8-month-old baby above water before Samoa's tsunami forced her to let her go.
'I drove with dead bodies in my car'
A journalist with the Samoan Observer describes the fear and heartbreak as the terrible events unfolded.
Actress tells of house shaking
Actress and psychologist Pamela Stephenson described the earthquake in Samoa as scary as hell.
NZ tourists caught by first wave went back to beach
New Zealand tourists have told of their terror when the tsunami smashed through their Samoan beach resort.
'90 percent' of island's housing destroyed
The tsunami death toll reaches at least 149 as new tales of devastation emerge.
Tsunami: MP visits seriously injured Kiwis
Many of the Kiwis in a Samoan hospital suffered internal injuries when struck by the seven metre high tsunami waves, says a NZ MP who visited them.
Tsunami strands NZ students
A group of high school students spent a day and night stranded on a tiny island off Samoa, after watching the tsunami sweep away their belongings.
NZ aid arrives in Samoa
Aid has begun arriving in Samoa in what will be an ongoing effort as the scale of devastation from the quake and tsunami becomes clear.
Tourist tsunami death toll could rise - McCully
The death toll for tourists in Samoa could rise in some areas where the tsunami warning system may not have worked so well.
Searching for bodies amid the devastation
A salty smell hangs over the devastated Samoan village of Lalomanu as police teams pick their way through the debris looking for bodies.
Tsunami survivors describe 'Hell on Earth'
Residents and visitors in Samoa describe the terror of knowing what would be next after a massive quake rocked the tiny island nation
'All three of them gone' - mother sees children swept away
Salamasina Taufua was basking in the sun yesterday watching her three young children playing on the sand when a tsunami swept all three away.
NZ aid on the way to Samoa
A team of Army medics is flying to Samoa to join a civilian medical team that left NZ late last night as the death toll from the tsunami rises.
Latest updates: Tsunami disaster
Read here for the latest news following the Samoan earthquake and tsunami.
Nine NZers injured in Samoan tsunami - one dead
Nine New Zealanders are now confirmed injured, and one dead, in today's Samoan tsunami.
Entire villages wiped out as death toll climbs
Horror stories are emerging in the aftermath of today's 8.3 magnitude quake and tsunami in Samoa.
One NZer dead, more 'likely' in tsunami hit Samoa
At least one NZer is dead and three injured, amongst thousands affected by today's earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.
Over 100 dead in Samoa - health workers
Reports of scores dead, cars thrown into the ocean and fish on the ground following this morning's magnitude 8.3 earthquake.