Ogwira ntchito ku Samoa oganiza mwachangu adathandizira kupulumutsa miyoyo ya alendo ambiri pomwe tsunami idagunda, Prime Minister waku New Zealand John Key akutero.
Pafupifupi anthu 176 - mwa iwo asanu ndi awiri aku New Zealand ndi asanu aku Australia - adaphedwa pomwe chimphonacho chidagunda kugombe lakumwera kwa Samoa sabata yatha.
Key, yemwe adayendera madera omwe adawonongeka Loweruka, adati chivomezi chomwe chidayambitsa tsunami chidagwedeza malo ochezera a Sinalei kwa mphindi zitatu.
"Iwo analibe malangizo okhudza tsunami koma adawona mafunde ndi madzi akuphwa," adatero pamsonkhano wa atolankhani.
"Nthawi yomweyo adatulutsa anthu m'nyumba zawo mpaka adagogoda ndikuphwanya zitseko za ena a iwo.
"Anawakokera anthuwo pamwamba pa phirilo ndipo patangopita mphindi zochepa malo ochezerako adakokoloka.
"Akadapanda kuchitapo kanthu mwachangu ndikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri aku New Zealand akanaphedwa."
Pa nthawiyo panali anthu 38 pamalo ochezerako, ambiri a iwo anali ochokera ku New Zealand.
Chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anamwalira ku Samoa ndi Tonga chidayima pa 135, ndi ovulala 310, Key adati.
Chiwerengero cha anthu aku New Zealand omwe adatsimikizika kuti amwalira adayimilira asanu ndi awiri, mwana wakhanda atasowa, akuganiziridwa kuti wamwalira, adatero.
Tsopano New Zealand inali ndi asilikali 160 ndi azachipatala ku Samoa.
Akatswiri a matenda opatsirana adanyamukanso Lolemba m'mawa ndipo alangizi a zachisoni nawonso anali m'njira.
Key adati nduna ya New Zealand posachedwa ikambirana za thandizo lazachuma lamtsogolo ku Samoa ndi Tonga.
"Tili ndi bajeti yothandizira pafupifupi $ NZ500 miliyoni ($ 415 miliyoni) ...
“Tili ndi chidaliro chachikulu pa momwe anthu a ku Samoa ndi Tonga akuchitira.
"Tili ndi chidaliro chenicheni kuti tikayika ndalama ku New Zealand m'dongosolo, azitha kuwonetsetsa kuti zikuyenda bwino."
