NewZAID | Issue 62 - October 2009

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New Zealand provides ongoing support to tsunami recovery in the Pacific

New Zealand will provide ongoing support to assist the people of Samoa and Tonga recover from the Pacific tsunami that struck on the morning of 29 September (Samoan time). read more

NZ High Commissioner and NZ Defence Force visit Lalomanu Primary School

New Zealand High Commissioner to Samoa, Caroline Bilkey and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel visited Lalomanu Primary School on 13 October as a special thank you to the local village for allowing the NZDF to use their facilities while providing support to the tsunami relief effort along the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa. read more

New Zealand supports humanitarian relief efforts in Indonesia and Southeast Asia

The New Zealand government has contributed an initial $1 million to support emergency relief work following an earthquake in Indonesia, and a typhoon that struck a number of Southeast Asian countries. read more

New Zealand engineers help Indonesians with erathquake damage assessments

Ten New Zealand engineers joined the relief efforts in the Indonesian city of Padang in western Sumatra, following the destructive magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck on 30 September. read more

New Zealand supporting private sector development in Tonga

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has welcomed the establishment of the Business Opportunity Support Scheme (BOSS) in Tonga, which aims to encourage commercial investment and increase earnings from exports and tourism. read more

Recruits from the first female-only Bougainville Community Auxiliary Police course graduate

On 1 October 22 women graduated from the first ever, all female recruit course for the Bougainville Community Auxiliary Police (CAP) in Buka, Bougainville in front of the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Hon James Tanis, and a large and enthusiastic crowd of supporters. read more