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Tsunami: Death toll near 200 amid grim reality
More tales of survival and tragedy emerge from the tsunami battered islands.
Lotomomomo le Palemia a Samoa a o Faanoanoa le Atunuu.
Na toetoe ina tutulu le Palemia a Samoa Afioga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi i le po anapo a o fai lana saunoaga i le atunuu.
NZ public, politicians pitch in to help
Members of Parliament are working alongside members of the public as a huge international relief effort gets under way in Samoa and Tonga.
Samoa's Prime Minister in grief as nation mourns
Samoa’s Prime Minister was near tears last night as he addressed his tsunami-hit nation.
NZ couple's horrifying anniversary celebration
Andy and Angie Belcher didn't even have time to unpack their bags before the tsunami hit.
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.
'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.
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.
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.