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New Zealand’s TV3 Campbell Live’s team, including host John Campbell, will be returning to Samoa to broadcast a Christmas special on Saturday 12th December. Their location: Taufua Beach Fales at the village of Lalomanu. It was one of the South Coast villages hardest hit by the tsunami of Tuesday 29th September.
It promises to be a special day, especially for the children we hope. They say there’ll be lots of laughter, music and special guests. There’s expected to be a local choir, and as we can expect from Samoa, it will be sprinkled with genuine Samoan hospitality and alofa.To make the day even more exciting, they’re giving away Christmas gift packs. They’ve asked the Samoan Observer, a local Samoan newspaper, to help find those families deserving of these gift packs. That’s a tough call, we say. Any family that has survived the grief and trauma of those horrid days is deserving. That’s our verdict.They’re hoping for as many locals as possible to come and share the day. That won’t be hard to do at all. It kicks off at 10am. We encourage you to nominate a family in Samoa for one of those Christmas gift packs. Make somebody’s day.
TV3 Campbell Live flew to Samoa on the afternoon of the tsunami. Host John Campbell along with reporters Mihingarangi Forbes were on the ground in Samoa, and briefly in American Samoa, on the first few days. TV3 News presenter Mike McRoberts and reporter Mike M. continued to report from Lalomanu for days after the fact.
Campbell Live is a half-hour magazine current affairs show screening Mon to Fridays at 7pm and can be viewed online at www.tv3.co.nz.
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After watching the Christmas Special tonight, we want to add our thanks to Mazda Foundation, Adidas and all the other NZ businesses and organisations, as well as TV3, who pitched in and donated goods and services for people in Samoa. Manuia lava le Kerisimasi.
Talofa Aiga Polynesian–
Listen please make sure that ALL SAMOANS AND AIGA ISLANDERS (TONGANS AND ALL) that suffered and was hit big from this TSUNAMI get a gift package. WHY NOT! They all need a package what ever it is because they are with NO HOMES, NO FOOD, NO WATER, NO SHOES, NO BED, NOTHING, NO Self PRIDE, NO SELF DIGNITY, AND NOTHING because the Tsunami had destroyed all that they had so REALLY WE NEED TO FLY OVER WITH LOVE, MONEY AND GIFTS but that wont make up for what they lost. SO GIVE THEM ALL SOMETHING BACK. CAN YOU?
Can we give him all a NEW HOME? If so then lets do it? Can we all give them a car? If so then do it. Can we all give them food for the next YEAR? If so then do it but dont pick and select- no they ALL NEED IT. DO IT FOR ALL ! DONT LEAVE ANYONE OUT. THEY ALL NEED IT.
PLSSSSSS INCLUDE ALL OF THEM. GOD BLESS U ALL.
MALO IA/ TOFASOIFUA
I nominate the family of Rita Lutau, Rita and Romeo, who ran Romeos Beach Fales in Lalomanu-they have 8 children-for the Christmas gift pack. Her phone is 774-6465. Please help them they lost everything. They are residing at her mother’s house away from the water I believe in Lalomanu.
Thank you Beth for your reply. We will pass your response directly to TV3 Campbell Live Show. Good luck!