from that low level remittances gradually increased again in the calendar year by contrast although samoan remittances peaked at million samoan tala in in the next two years the totals were million and million in other words tongan remittances fell after the crisis but samoan remittances were more or less stable that is probably a function firstly of samoan remittances being more likely to come from new zealand rather than the united states and particularly the west coast so that the rebound was also slower see figure