The New Zealand defence force is getting its disaster relief plans into full swing, on a scale not seen since the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004.
Emergency aid to Samoa is being stepped up as the death toll in ravaged Pacific islands mounts and the tragic crash of Wednesday's tsunami hits stunned populations.
Reports say 110 bodies had been found in Samoa and 146 people were wounded.
In American Samoa 22 were dead, and in Tonga seven.
The New Zealand toll in Samoa remained at three - with one of those missing, presumed dead - while 11 were in Apia Hospital, some seriously wounded. One of the New Zealanders killed was Mary Ann White, 55, a mother of three, from Raglan, her family confirmed.
She and her husband Andy were holidaying in Samoa with close friends and business partners Diane and Brent Cederman
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Emergency aid to Samoa is being stepped up as the death toll in ravaged Pacific islands mounts and the tragic crash of Wednesday's tsunami hits stunned populations.
Reports say 110 bodies had been found in Samoa and 146 people were wounded.
In American Samoa 22 were dead, and in Tonga seven.
The New Zealand toll in Samoa remained at three - with one of those missing, presumed dead - while 11 were in Apia Hospital, some seriously wounded. One of the New Zealanders killed was Mary Ann White, 55, a mother of three, from Raglan, her family confirmed.
She and her husband Andy were holidaying in Samoa with close friends and business partners Diane and Brent Cederman
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