Abby Wutzler ran along the beach of Lalomanu in Samoa screaming at tourists that a tsunami was coming was given a special award for bravery.

Seven-year-old Liam Porter, of Papamoa, says when he doesn't save he usually spends his $2 of weekly pocket money on lollies.

A combined memorial for the victims of the Pacific tsunami is planned for West Auckland tonight.

A premature baby born in Samoa after his pregnant mother fled the tsunami is back in Auckland and about to undergo surgery.

Today is a national day of mourning in Samoa as they bury the dead in a mass funeral.

Heavyweight boxer David Tua stands solemnly at the beach he knows well, looking defeated at the devastation the tsunami left behind.

Civil Defence says a tsunami threat remains in place for NZ despite the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre cancelling its warning.

The Ministry of Health will today send an air ambulance from Auckland on a mercy flight to pick up a baby born prematurely in Samoa.

The NZ volunteer firefighter killed while alerting people in Samoa to last week's tsunami has been remembered in Apia.

A baby born prematurely after his mother fled the tsunami may die in Samoa if his parents can't raise $100,000 needed to fly him back to NZ.

Radio announcer Epati Tamati may have saved hundreds of lives by not budging from his waterfront studio when the Samoan earthquake struck.