Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te hōtaka āwhina a Aotearoa e whakahaeretia ana e te New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID), he rōpū āhua motuhake i roto i te Manatū o ngā Take o waho me te Tauhokohoko. I te tau 2007, ko Aotearoa te tuaono o nga kaiwhakawhiwhi awhina o waho i roto i te Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), i runga i te wahanga o te moni a-motu (GNI) i whakapauhia mo te awhina whanaketanga o tawahi. Ko te takoha a Aotearoa ko te 0.27% o te GNI. Ko te nuinga o tēnei i haere ki te rohe o te Moananui a Kiwa. Heoi, i etahi wa he nui ake te manaaki o te whenua ki te whakautu ki nga raru nui, hei tauira, i whakawhiwhia ki te $ 100 miriona ki nga mahi awhina mo te 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, te $ 1 miriona i whakawhiwhia ki nga mahi awhina i te ruu o Haiti i te tau 2010, ana i muri mai ka whakawhiwhia e te kawanatanga $ 2 miriona ki te 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami
ngā mahi āwhina. Whai muri i te ruu o Nepal i te Paenga-whawha me te Mei 2015, i tukuna e te Kawanatanga o Niu Tireni te $ 1 miriona tuatahi hei awhina tangata, a kua whakauruhia e 45 nga tohunga rapu me te whakaora taone. He maha hoki ngā hōia me ngā waka rererangi o Aotearoa e tukuna ana ki ngā wāhi parekura i te rohe o Āhia-Kiwa.