 Other aid came from concerned individuals and groups throughout the world, namely New Zealand, Australia, the United States and Canada.A tsunami warning was initially issued for American Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, Tokelau, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Kermadec Islands, Fiji, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Palmyra Island, Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands.Most of the warnings were called off once it was clear that the tsunami threat had passed.