Collection Centres in Auckland for Donated Items for Samoa Tsunami Disaster Relief

UPDATE, Sat 10 Oct 09: The Mangere Collection Centre is now closed. Only the Henderson Collection Centre is open for collections. Apologies for any inconvience this may cause to donors. The Centre is closed on Sunday, and will re-open on Monday through to Saturday.

For more information, please call any of the following:

• Samoa Consul General Faolotoi Reupena Pogi (09 303 1012)
• Laauli Michael Jones (021 557 750) email: michealj@reefgroup.co.nz
• Masuisui JR Pereira (021 2029 160) email: jr.pereira@pacificeda.org
• Magila Annandale, MPIA (027 272 2656)

From this Tuesday 6th October 2009(NZ time), Auckland will have two collection centres, Henderson and Mangere, for anyone wishing to donate to the Samoa Tsunami Relief Effort. The organising committee say priority goods are nonperishable food and clothing with the goods going to the most affected villages.

Opening hours are 9am to 11pm from Tuesday.

• Henderson Collection Centre
  Mau Theatre, Corban Estate, 426 Great North Road
  Henderson, Auckland.

  Henderson will take goods for the following villages/families in Saleaumua, Mutiatele, Pue, Malaela, Satitoa, Poutasi, Saleapaga, Lalomanu, Lepa. General donations and Tutuila.

• Mangere Collection Centre
  Te Wananga Aotearoa, 15 Canning Crescent, Mangere.

  Mangere will take goods for the following villages/families in Ulutogia, Vailoa, Poutasi, Saleapaga, Lalomanu, Saanapu, Siumu. General donations and Tutuila.

The Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal organising committee sincerely thanks all donors for their support.

Sailings are expected within the next few weeks.Free containers for shipping have been donated by Maersk Line New Zealand. Shipping companies are also donating the cost of shipping the containers. There may also be available containers on the Canterbury, the NZ Navy Ship.

The donated goods will be allocated, says the Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal organising committee, to the most affected villages. They have also made provision for space for goods donated for specific families in those villages, with a cubic metre per family as a guide.