New Zealand 's official aid programme is managed by the New Zealand Agency for International Development ( NZAID ) , a semi-autonomous body within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade . In 2007 , New Zealand was the sixth lowest foreign aid donor in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) , based on proportion of gross national income ( GNI ) spent on overseas development assistance . New Zealand 's contribution was 0.27 % of GNI . Much this went to the Pacific region . However , the country is occasionally more generous in responding to major crises , for example donating around $ 100 million to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami relief efforts , the committed $ 1 million to the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief efforts , and later the government donated $ 2 million to the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami relief efforts . Following the April and May 2015 Nepal earthquake , the New Zealand government sent an initial $ 1 million in humanitarian aid , and has mobilized 45 urban search and rescue technicians . New Zealand troops and aircraft are also often sent to disaster areas in the Asia-Pacific region
2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Foreign relations of New Zealand