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![Crowds flock to charity concert tour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Crowds flock to charity concert tour
A charity concert tour to raise money for tsunami-ravaged Samoa has attracted crowds of thousands across the country.
![Sports celebrities in love match](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Sports celebrities in love match
Some of the biggest sporting names of days gone by were on display at Eden Park yesterday for a Tsunami Appeal rugby match.
![Rebuilding for future now top of agenda](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Rebuilding for future now top of agenda
New Zealand aid agencies look to support longer-term recovery efforts in villages.
![Fiji investors push for $1 million owed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Fiji investors push for $1 million owed
Investors in a Fiji resort are pushing to get more than $1 million they are owed.
![Tahiti: Recession busters on a Pacific pearl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Tahiti: Recession busters on a Pacific pearl
The global downturn is hitting travel plans, but Megan Singleton discovers a way to make that Tahitian holiday affordable after all.
![Kids' coins snowball to $50,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Kids' coins snowball to $50,000
Seven-year-old Liam Porter, of Papamoa, says when he doesn't save he usually spends his $2 of weekly pocket money on lollies.
![Memorial tonight for tsunami victims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Memorial tonight for tsunami victims
A combined memorial for the victims of the Pacific tsunami is planned for West Auckland tonight.
![Huge turnout for sisters killed by tsunami](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Huge turnout for sisters killed by tsunami
The father of two young women swept to their deaths by the Samoan tsunami told their funeral yesterday they would have "fought hard".
![Baby back in NZ after premature birth in Samoa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Baby back in NZ after premature birth in Samoa
A premature baby born in Samoa after his pregnant mother fled the tsunami is back in Auckland and about to undergo surgery.
![National day of mourning in Samoa](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
National day of mourning in Samoa
Today is a national day of mourning in Samoa as they bury the dead in a mass funeral.
![Be strong, have faith, says Tua](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=871)
Be strong, have faith, says Tua
Heavyweight boxer David Tua stands solemnly at the beach he knows well, looking defeated at the devastation the tsunami left behind.