The 2009 Samoan tsunami: Impressive reconstruction efforts, but Samoa’s scars...
By Rob Tranter, First Assistant Director General, Pacific Division, AusAID Two and a half years ago in September 2009, the Tavana family from Saleaumua village in Samoa saw their entire life swept away...
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By Matt Anderson, Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands With apologies to James A. Michener, but ‘where do we get such men’? Those who, in a time of disaster and crisis, head towards the...
View ArticleSanta Cruz tsunami: spreading the news in a disaster
By Irene Scott, Australian volunteer in Solomon Islands The first sign of the disaster was an email with the subject line: 06-02-13 – - 12.21pm – SANTA CRUZ mag 8.0. It had been a normal day at Paoa...
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