Arden referred to what she has been told of the devastation by Cyclone Gita last month that included unprecedented land slips in a scale not seen before, and the funds are to help Samoa’s recovery and building resilience as well. She is starting her annual Pacific tour in Samoa in what has been promoted as “Pacific Reset” setting out a new strategy that flags a stronger New Zealand Pacific aid policy as “it’s the Pacific where New Zealand mattered and could do the most,” according to Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces that New Zealand will give NZ$10 million to Tonga to help with rebuilding after the country was struck by Cyclone Gita in February.