Press Release – Environment Canterbury

Due to the recent 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Samoa, the Canterbury Emergency Management Group is monitoring the current tsunami situation closely. The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has issued another tsunami advisory regarding a …
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Press Release – Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand is adding an additional 150 seats and extra cargo capacity to its scheduled service from Auckland to Samoa this afternoon in the event aid support is required for tsunami struck communities. General Manager Airline Operations David …
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Article – Businesswire

Sept 30 (BusinessWire) – Dual-listed oil and gas explorer Pan Pacific Petroleum NL is taking a 15% interest in a highly prospective Timor Sea drilling programme due to start by the end of the year.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government

New Zealand stands ready to assist Samoa and the wider Pacific region following the earthquake this morning and reports of a tsunami, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said. “New Zealand’s diplomatic missions throughout the Pacific are in contact …
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The Samoan earthquake epicentre. Graphic: Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre

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By Pacific Media Watch

The Television New Zealand newsroom is doing half hourly updates tracking the tsunami as it moves across the Pacific from the earthquake epicentre off Samoa throughout the day.

News organisations have reported at least three deaths and 50 injuries in Samoa and TV3 reports entire villages being wiped out.
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Press Release – Environment Canterbury

Due to the recent 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Samoa, the Canterbury Emergency Management Group is monitoring the current tsunami situation closely. The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has downgraded the tsunami warning to an advisory …
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Press Release – Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management

The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management issued a Tsunami Warning following the Samoa earthquake at 0648 this morning. Initial tidal gauge information received from the East Cape indicates a 40cm tsunami reached that region. Based on that information, …
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Press Release – Hawkes Bay Regional Council

* The tsunami warning is now cancelled and downgraded to a National Advisory – Potential Threat to NZ. * National advice was for up to a 1.0m wave at East Cape at around 10.22 am. * Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management advises residents …
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Press Release – Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1804Z 29 SEP 2009 SOURCE URL
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Press Release – Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / NIUE / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / COOK ISLANDS / TONGA / TUVALU / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / FIJI / HOWLAND-BAKER / JARVIS IS. / NEW ZEALAND / FR. POLYNESIA / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / NAURU / MARSHALL …
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