Samoa News Archives

Pava'ia'i Elementary School K-5 students and their teacher Mrs. Moi, yesterday, when the class celebrated Halloween in their classroom.

Samoa faces a medical crisis in the wake of the tsunami with the discovery of dangerous levels of drug resistant organisms which could lead to hundreds of amputations, a medical expert warns.

Visitors to our islands as well as local residents will be pleased to hear that Part Three of "A History of American Samoa" will be aired on KVZK TV this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Written and directed by Dr.

Taulealeausumai explains tsunami relief delivery procedures at DMO headquarters Tuanaimato.

New Zealand medical support to tsunami-struck Samoa is being wound down. With no new tsunami-related cases reported at Apia's hospital in the past two weeks Health Minister Tony Ryall says care is now largely being handed over to local health agencies.

The independent nation of Samoa has been congratulated for supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, or UNDRIP.

Apia , 25 October 2009. - " The UN Children's Fund is urgently supporting the return of tsunami-affected children to pre-school in what may be a forgotten chapter of Samoa 's recent disaster.

Nearly a month after Samoa was devastated by a tsunami, scores of families are huddled under tarpaulins without enough food or water as accusations mount that aid is not getting through.

Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii shakes hands with Dr. Tapaautasi Erika Puni. Looking on are representatives of the National Conference of State Societies and president of the American Samoa Society, Mrs.

American Samoan Tina Passi, who has been in the CNMI for 19 years, said one of her cousins tried to save her 4-year-old son who was outside their home when a second tsunami hit the Samoas on Sept.

From within the walls of the McNeil Island Correctional Facility in Washington state, Samoan inmates have created a beautiful greeting card containing heartfelt wishes of love and condolences for the people of the Samoan islands in the wake of Sept.

Cong. Faleomavaega Eni announced yesterday he will be hosting Cong. Laura Richardson of California on her visit this weekend to the territory.

The first container loads of urgent tsunami relief have reached villagers in Samoa, says the Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal Charitable Trust.

Friday, 23 October 2009, 2:36 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government   Hon Tony Ryall Minister of Health   23 October  2009 Media Statement   Health Update: New Zealand health response in Samoa winds down New Zealand's emergency medical response to help tsunami victims in Samoa is winding down.

A group of UQ medical students have sprung into action in the wake of the Samoan tsunami, raising $2000 in a distinctly Australian way before heading to the island nation for a month-long internship.

Remember Samoa: A Festival to Benefit Tsunami Victims of Samoa, that will take place on Saturday, October 24 at Pearson Park Amphitheater in Anaheim.

Arriving in Samoa was like a Déjà vu experience for Onehunga resident Ian McInnes, who was involved in relief operations following the Asian Tsunami.

The government in Samoa is to partly pay to rebuild the homes damaged or destroyed by the tsunami.

In the aftermath of the earthquake and the Tsunami that hit our Samoan islands, Samoans living in San Antonio, Texas rose to the occasion.

New Zealand Defence Force is beginning to wind down its work in Samoa after last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami, which left more than 150 people dead.

SGT Johnathan Edmonds of 6 SQN RNZAF, left, PTE Sean Mcguinniety, Army and ASTD Ngareima Little, Navy help clean up.

Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa L. Malielegaoi early this week thanked all the international governments, agencies, local church organizations, NGOs, businesses and individuals involved in the tsunami response.

NZ Army engineers work to fill in a septic tank on the island of Niuatoputapu. [photo: RNZ Navy] Royal New Zealand Navy Amphibious Sealift Vessel the HMNZS CANTERBURY has this morning berthed at Apia to offload aid, vehicles and supplies for the Tsunami ravaged south coast.

A HELPING HAND: Matt Molloywill land in Apia today to start work on restoring Samoa's water supplies and giving general advice on public health.

The HMNZS Canterbury arrived in Samoa today with much needed aid, vehicles and supplies in the wake of last months's earthquake and tsunami.

SEEKING SHELTER: Many Samoans are being forced to live in tents, such as this family at Lalolomu beach.

Marine terminals at the ports of Apia and Pago Pago, Samoa, are fully operational following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck the island two weeks ago, Hamburg Sud reported.

Children at undamaged Palalaua College, southern Samoa, attend a school assembly before going home for the day.

Daily News Photos by CRISTIAN SIMESCU Henry Davis and his daughter, Pedayah, 8, seal a box of nonperishable food items destined for tsunami victims.

Samoa is keen to tell the world there are plenty of places where the tsunami has had no effect.

The Katina brothers, a Franklin-based, Samoa-born gospel group, are part of a large family that spans the globe.

Many of the items that are needed urgently by survivors on Samoa's devastated coastal areas are reasonably available in Apia and food, clothing and medicine from Lions Clubs in New Zealand is already at the front line and being used.

A massive earthquake in Vanuatu yesterday sparked a tsunami watch in Samoa a ' hit just over a week ago by giant waves which killed about 140 people.

The U.S. rushed emergency supplies to Samoa and American Samoa over the weekend to help survivors of the deadly tsunami.

A front-end loader removes debris Saturday from the waterfront area of Pago Pago Bay.

A 5.9 MAGNITUDE quake has struck close to Tonga and Samoa, seismologists said today, the latest in a series of earthquakes to hit the South Pacific.

From the Red Cross headquarters in Apia Douglas Clark is watching a traffic jam unfold in the Samoan capital.

The wreckage in Samoa has been plain to see but the human cost of the tsunami is still revealing itself.

Monday, 5 October 2009, 9:52 am Press Release: New Zealand Government New Zealand gives another $1 million to aid Samoa and Tonga New Zealand is contributing a further $1 million to emergency relief efforts following the tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.

Three people remain in a Queensland hospital, one in a serious condition, after being evacuated from tsunami hit Samoa.

Friday, 9 October 2009, 5:11 pm Press Release: UNICEF UNICEF Looking at Immunisation and Education Needs in Samoa 10 days after the tsunami which took 138 lives, with 6 people still missing and an estimated 3,200 homeless, UNICEF is now looking at education needs, child protection and a measles campaign to immunize 11,000 children in the coming ...

New Zealanders wanting to help heal Samoa's devastation can do one simple thing: keep taking their holidays there, says a major tourism promoter.

Samoans relived the terror of last week's deadly tsunami on Wednesday, when three huge quakes in quick succession prompted a Pacific-wide tsunami warning.

Samoa's capital Apia and much of the country is now going into formal mourning as the National Memorial Service gets underway for those killed in the tsunami last week.

Friday, 2 October 2009, 4:10 pm Press Release: MediaPasifika.com This Week in Oceania - October 2nd, 2009 Soon after dawn on Wednesday Sept 1 NZ time the results of a 30km deep tectonic shift and earthquake in the southern pacific sent a tsunami to devastate coastal towns and villages in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.

Sunday, 4 October 2009, 4:29 pm Press Release: Event Polynesia Rugby legend and member of the 'TSUNAMI SAMOA 09 FUNDS' group Mr.

A week after a powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean triggered a series of tsunamis that devastated a chain of islands in the region, the United Nations on Wednesday reported that thousands remain homeless and warned against the heightened risk of outbreaks of disease.

Search teams combed the jumble of smashed houses and ripped foliage Monday in their search for human remains nearly a week after a tsunami devastated Samoa and neighbouring islands.

Three strong earthquakes rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago Thursday, generating a small tsunami just over a week after another, massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga.

This is the British toddler who is feared dead after being swept from his mother's arms in the Samoan tsunami.

GRIM WORK: The body of a boy is taken from Lalomanu beach. JOHN SELKIRK/Stuff.co.nz BODY SEARCH: Police and members of the public have been left with the grim task of searching for bodies under rubble following Wednesday's tsunami in Samoa.

A team of six emergency personnel are currently conducting rapid assessments in Samoa to ensure that the urgent needs of children are met following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the Pacific Island nation on Tuesday, September 29.

Samoans who fled to the hills as a deadly tsunami tore through their villages last week began searching for materials to build new homes far above the sea that washed away their dwellings and many loved ones.

The Survivor: Samoa cast -- Ashley Trainer, Monica Padilla, Brett Clouser, Natalie White, Jaison Robinson, Marisa Calihan , Erik Cardona, Betsy Bolan, Mick Trimming, Dave Ball, John Fincher, Laura Morett, Russell Swan, Kelly Sharbaugh, Ben Browning, Russell Hantz, Shannon "Shambo" Waters, Elizabeth Kim and Mike Borassi .

Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:46am EDT -Residents walk past wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Si'umu in Western Samoa September 30, 2009 in this photo taken by a resident of Western Samoa and forwarded to Reuters .

The visitor center and headquarters of the National Park of American Samoa located in Pago Pago, was hit directly by wave after wave during last Tuesday's tsunami.

An aerial view of an earthquake-triggered landslide in Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra, Wednesday's quake devastated a stretch of over 60 miles along the western coast of Sumatra island.

Islanders gathered on Sunday to mourn victims of the South Pacific tsunami that obliterated entire villages on the shores of American Samoa and Samoa, leaving at least 176 dead.

TAITASI Suapaia Fitiao is preparing for every parent's nightmare - burying her young child.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is looking for just over 100 New Zealanders in Samoa, but believes many of them may have left the island after the tsunami.

QUEENSLAND'S of search and rescue specialists is returning from the earthquake zone in Indonesia, and those in Samoa shouldn't be too far behind.

A New Zealand woman whose family home and possessions were washed away by the tsunami in Samoa found the toughest thing to deal with was the looting that followed.

One of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan is the scene of an attack that killed eight American soldiers and seven Afghans.

A 30-year-old woman has been confirmed as the fifth Australian to be killed in a devastating tsunami that has left Samoa facing a humanitarian disaster.

Fears of deadly outbreaks of disease in tsunami-battered Samoa are mounting, as frightened survivors sheltering on higher ground refused to return to their beachfront villages.

AUSTRALIAN aid workers are establishing emergency shelters and clean water supplies in Indonesia and Samoa.

The youngest baby to survive Samoa's devastating Pacific tsunami has been christened in its memory.

SAMOA is planning a mass burial for victims of the tsunami that devastated the Pacific Island last week, as the death toll from the disaster creeps towards 200.

Victims of the Samoa tsunami are transferred to waiting ambulances after being flown to Whenuapai airbase in the early hours of this morning.

The beach is littered with debri following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200km from Samoa's capital Apia on Tuesday, near the village of Lalomanu on October 1, 2009 in Apia, Samoa.

Bay Area volunteers are pitching in to aid tsunami victims in the Samoan Islands in a variety of ways, including collecting supplies for impacted residents and joining the first group of American mainland volunteers to land on the island.

Thank you. Tsunami victim 'special' teacher Vivien Hodgins 'touched lives', says her acting principal at Mount Clear College in Ballarat.

BLINDED, naked and bloodied, Claire Rowlands remembers the words of a stranger - shouted between the mountainous waves of the Pacific tsunami - that saved her life.

Lucky survivors of Samoa's deadly tsunami looked like they'd been "churned up in a mass of dirty washing machines" says an Australian surgeon helping on the ground.

A two-year-old Auckland boy has been confirmed as one of three New Zealanders killed in the Samoan tsunami.

Jack and Carol Batchelor grew up in Springfield and lived to Cottage Grove before moving to Samoa to run an island resort.

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged $25,000 towards relief efforts in response to the earthquake and tsunami in the central Pacific on Wednesday .

New Zealand medical service providers are gearing up to help over-stretched doctors and hospitals in Samoa in the wake of yesterday's earthquake and tsunami.

The British father of a two-year-old boy thought to have been killed in a tsunami that devastated islands in the south Pacific Ocean was treated in hospital, consul officials have said.