Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Loading a 400KVa power generator in a 20 foot shipping container into the back of No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7004 at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Loading a 400KVa power generator in a 20 foot shipping container into the back of No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7004 at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Loading a 400KVa power generator in a 20 foot shipping container into the back of No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7004 at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. No. 3 Squadron personnel pose for the camera with local children in a devastated village.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. No. 3 Squadron personnel pose for the camera with local children in a devastated village.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. No. 3 Squadron personnel having breakfast with an Air New Zealand Boeing 767 captain at Faleolo airport. L-R: Corporal Melton Hows, Leading Aircraftman Struan Reid, Captain Evan Wilson, Flight Lieutenant Brian Coulter.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. The New Zealand High Commissioner to Western Samoa, the Defence Liaison Officer and Major Bruce Kenning planning Defence Force relief activities. L-R: Adrian Simcock, Wing Commander John Hamilton, Major Bruce Kenning.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Personnel being served a meal outside a mess tent. Apia.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. No. 3 Squadron personnel having breakfast with an Air New Zealand Boeing 767 captain at Faleolo airport. L-R: Corporal Melton Hows, Leading Aircraftman Struan Reid, Captain Evan Wilson, Flight Lieutenant Brian Coulter.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Army or Navy serviceman with a member of the local power board help to fix a diesel power generator at Apia.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. No. 3 Squadron crewman loading tarpaulins into an Iroquois at Apia for delivery to Savai'i Island.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Loading a 400KVa power generator in a 20 foot shipping container into the back of No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7004 at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Army or Navy serviceman with a member of the local power board help to finx a diesel power generator at Apia.

Cyclone Val relief, Western Samoa. Army and Navy personnel help mend the roof of the power station at Apia.