NZ family safe after tsunami

A family of four New Zealanders living on the Indonesian island of Java have made contact with authorities for the first time since the overnight tsunami.

The Ministry of Foreign had held fears for the family's safety after 1.5m-high waves struck the island's beach resorts and shoreline villages.

A Ministry spokeswoman says the family, who have lived in Indonesia for many years, were safe and unharmed.

The tsunami has killed more than a hundred people, and the death toll is likely to rise. Thousands more are homeless.

- NEWSTALK ZB