Wellington, New Zealand: Free mobile calls to the tsunami affected islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga will end at midnight tonight, 2degrees announced this afternoon.

Auckland, New Zealand: The Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal is sending its first shipment of tsunami relief to Samoa, just days after opening collection centres in Auckland.

Auckland, New Zealand: Disgraced Samoan born and New Zealand former MP Taito Phillip Field has been jailed for six years for bribery and corruption

Apia, Samoa: Over 200 New Zealanders are still missing in Samoa as diplomatic authorities try to locate Kiwis who were holidaying in the tsunami ravaged island nation

Wellington, New Zealand: NZ ready to assist after Samoan earthquake, tsunami.

Wellington, New Zealand: An Airforce P3 Orion is enroute to Samoa, and before dark may be able to join the coastal search for survivors of this morning’s earthquake and tsunami, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.

Air New Zealand is using larger aircraft for today's service to Samoa.

Port Moresby, PNG: New Zealand regards Papua New Guinea (PNG) as a regional power house and will continue to maintain cordial ties and provide support to ensure PNG reaches its full potential, New Zealand governor-general Sir Anand Satyanand said

Waikato, New Zealand: A 58-year-old woman is dead and two people injured after a van carrying five Ni-Vanuatu nationals crashed after it overtook another vehicle in Waikato today.

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand’s foreign minister Murray McCully defended New Zealand's sanctions on Fiji to the NZ Fiji Business Council today