New Zealand expertise in earthquake engineering will be part of this country's long-term contribution to reconstruction in Asia's tsunami devastated areas, Prime Minister Helen Clark said Friday.
"We do have real expertise in New Zealand in the natural hazards cluster. We have world-leading engineering expertise," she told National Radio.
Clark was speaking from Jakarta after the Indonesian capital hosted a one-day global summit on the tsunami where billions of dollars in aid was pledged.
New Zealand has so far promised 10 million NZ dollars (about US$7 million) to aid the countries hit by the tsunami on Boxing Day.
New Zealand's death toll in the disaster remains at three, including a woman with dual New Zealand-Canadian citizenship, with 14 other people missing in Thailand.
Inquiries had also been made about another 729 who may have been in the region.
Clark said it was a miracle New Zealand's toll was so small compared to the heavy losses suffered by so many other countries.
A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff said each passing day raised increasing concerns for the missing, although those numbers were gradually falling as people were accounted for.
"The search will go on until every person is accounted for," he said.