New Zealand has provided an initial $450,000 in emergency funding to support the relief and reconstruction effort following Indonesia's tsunami.
Nearly 400 people are known to have died in the tsunami, triggered by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit near South Pagai in the Mentawai Islands on Monday night local time.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says immediately after the tsunami struck, New Zealand made $40,000 available to SurfAid International, a non-government organisation working in the affected area.
Mr McCully says the organisation has become a significant player in relief work and the Government is considering what else it can do to assist in relief and recovery.
