New Zealand's Government has announced it will give further assistance to Fiji, of around 270 thousand US dollars, to help the flood stricken country.
Thousands of people are still homeless after days of heavy rain and flooding, in which at least 11 people died.
The money, which is on top of an initial 60,000 US dollar contribution, will go to aid organisations and not the military regime itself.
Fiji's interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the financial assistance is very welcome.
He says Australia, Tonga, France and the USA have also made contributions to the relief effort.
But the deposed Prime Minister of Fiji, Laisenia Qarase, says he believes countries are hesitant about giving generous flood relief aid to Fiji because of its interim military government.
Thousands of people are still homeless after days of heavy rain and flooding, in which at least 11 people died.
Money has been donated to the relief effort by a number of nations at the request of the interim Fiji government, with the largest donor to date Australia.
But Laisenia Qarase, who was ousted in the military coup of 2006, says help isn't coming fast enough for the people of Fiji.
He says if Fiji had a parliamentary democracy, the country would have received much more aid by now.
Meanwhile, Fiji's Chamber of Commerce says businesses in Nadi will take six months to a year to recover from the floods, if they ever do.
The National Disaster Management Office has estimated a minimum total damage cost at about 18 million US dollars, a figure expected to rise considerably.
The Chamber's president, Swani Maharaj, says members are doing everything they can to help businesses open as soon as possible.
"They will take at least six months to a year before they can return to normality. The basic necessities of water, electricity are being restored by the government organisations so that the members of the business community could wash and clean up the place and open their shops, but I'm sure a lot of the smaller ones will probably never open."
Swani Maharaj says members report losses of between 25 and 50 thousand US dollars per business, just in stock, and says the clean up cost will be significantly higher.
The heavy flooding in Fiji has delayed international efforts to help the country return to democracy.
A five day visit planned by officials from the United Nations and Commonwealth representatives was due to begin on Monday.
The UN says Fiji's Interim Government has requested a postponement, due to the gravity of the humanitarian situation caused by recent flooding there.
New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says it is right the focus be on humanitarian efforts at the moment.
But he says the government doesn't want to mix up the desire to render humanitarian assistance with the issues on which it disagrees with the interim administration.
