Samoan writer Lani Wendt Young has been commissioned to take down the stories of hundreds of people affected by the Pacific tsunami.

If the shadow of climate change has hung over previous albums by this pan-Pacific group then it is hard to hear some of this without thinking of last year's tsunami.

Alanah May Eriksen travels to the island nation just a couple of months after the September tsunami which destroyed the southeast coast of Upolu and discovers the tourist industry is in full swing.

Samoa's Prime Minister says journalists are making up stories of corruption and aid diversion.

Two New Zealand brothers provide hope for Samoans dealing with the devastation of the tsunami.