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![NZ boosts Vanuatu aid contribution to $3.5m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ boosts Vanuatu aid contribution to $3.5m
Further New Zealand aid has arrived in Vanuatu to help in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.
![Revival in monster's sombre aftermath](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Revival in monster's sombre aftermath
The death toll from the "monster storm" has risen to 16 and aid agencies have begun a measles vaccination campaign to contain the virus.
![Vanuatu: Return to harsh reality](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: Return to harsh reality
A week on from Cyclone Pam some sense of normality has returned - at least in the capital, Port Vila.
![Storm over Polyfest's charity view](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Storm over Polyfest's charity view
A Red Cross leader labelled Polyfest 'cold and mean-spirited' after it initially refused to let the charity collect at the event for Pacific victims of Cyclone Pam.
![Cyclone Pam: Frustrating wait for aid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cyclone Pam: Frustrating wait for aid
It was a tale of two villages. In one, rice, food and water provided by aid agencies, in another, nothing at all.
![Vanuatu: Stinging attack on aid agencies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: Stinging attack on aid agencies
The deputy chairman of Vanuatu's natural disaster committee has launched a stinging attack on NGOs in the cyclone-struck nation.
![Vanuatu: 'We thought we would die'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: 'We thought we would die'
New Zealand aid worker Andrew Finlay takes Kirsty Johnston around the island of Tanna, where the destruction is wholesale.
![Vanuatu: Dire need for aid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: Dire need for aid
The first aid planes arrived to find scenes of "utter destruction" on the Vanuatu island of Tanna, four days after taking a direct hit from Cyclone Pam.
![Baby born in storm goes home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Baby born in storm goes home
Doctors at the hospital performed an emergency caesarean in the middle of the cyclone - and delivered a baby they named Pamela.
![Cyclone Pam: 'Our house is gone'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cyclone Pam: 'Our house is gone'
Families in Vanuatu have returned to their homes only to find the nightmare of Cyclone Pam isn't over.
![Photos show Vanuatu devastation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Photos show Vanuatu devastation
Cyclone-torn Vanuatu is in desperate need of food, clothing, medicine and basic shelter - and a full recovery operation could cost hundreds of millions.
![Cyclone Pam: Missing Bay skipper safe, phones home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cyclone Pam: Missing Bay skipper safe, phones home
A Bay of Plenty skipper who had not been heard from since Cyclone Pam hit has phoned home to his family, safe and well in Vanuatu.
![Pam: Vanuatu counts the cost](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pam: Vanuatu counts the cost
New Zealanders in Vanuatu have been drafted in to help at the capital's main hospital after it was ravaged by Cyclone Pam.
![Cyclone Pam: Life in the aftermath](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cyclone Pam: Life in the aftermath
Kiwi Kylie Steel was in Port Vila when the cyclone struck. After the cyclone passed she went in search of friends. Here's her story.
![Vanuatu - dozens feared dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu - dozens feared dead
Dozens are feared dead on Vanuatu and up to 10,000 are homeless in the wake of Cyclone Pam.
![Vanuatu: The last headhunter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: The last headhunter
The grandson of the last cannibal in Vanuatu shares his family's extraordinary story with an astonished Diana Balham.
![Marshmallows over a volcano](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Marshmallows over a volcano
Kiwi Simon Turner took toasting marshmallows to the extreme this week when he threw his rod out over an active lava lake inside Marcum Crater in Ambrym, Vanuatu.
![Pacific Island paradise found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pacific Island paradise found
Whether you're on a tight budget or splashing out, the islands have it all.
![Espiritu Santo: Wake up to the sleeping giant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Espiritu Santo: Wake up to the sleeping giant
Paul Rush follows a trail of bubbles to Champagne Beach on Vanuatu's largest island.
![Vanuatu: Hand paint memories](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: Hand paint memories
Paul Rush tours Efate Island and meets the smiling face of the Pacific.
![Vanuatu: A detour in paradise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: A detour in paradise
Now that Cyclone Lusi has gone, the people of Vanuatu are more keen than ever to welcome tourists. Marty Silk finds a cheerful country.
![Storm bears down on NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Storm bears down on NZ
Downed power lines fell into a nearby paddock in Kaeo, while strong winds caused a tree to topple across a road in Parahaki, north of Whangarei.
![Vanuatu: Live the good life off the land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Vanuatu: Live the good life off the land
Paul Rush takes a cruise to Vanuatu for a rare insight into a true subsistence culture.
![Dive experts force new death investigation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dive experts force new death investigation
The death of a NZ-based doctor while diving in Vanuatu is to be investigated by a Government-appointed commission of inquiry, following revelations in the Herald on Sunday.