New Zealand is to send a contingent of 140 police and soldiers to Solomon Islands, as part of the Australian led intervention force.
The Foreign Minister Phil Goff says, subject to the passage of the enabling legislation by the Solomons Parliament, the New Zealanders will begin arriving in late July through to the end of August.
The New Zealand contribution will be 35 police, including the 10 there already.
They will be involved in community policing, investigations and intelligence as part of a foreign force likely to number around 250.
The military contribution will be 105 soldiers, consisting of four helicopters with crews, a number of engineers and support and logistics staff.
An additional company of 120 will be on standby in New Zealand.
New Zealand will also provide an additional three and half million US dollars in aid, with the first priority to support basic education.
New Zealand will pay the wages of primary teachers and providing the schools with materials and facilities they may need.
And New Zealand aid money will also be used to build a new 300 person prison.
