The New Zealand government says it will continue to support the Nauru justice sector but it wants to see changes after last month's controversial deportation of the resident magistrate and the denial of a visa to the Australian based chief justice.
The foreign ministers of both countries met in Wellington today after New Zealand expressed concerns last month at the Nauru government's actions and said it was reviewing its aid package.
New Zealand's Murray McCully says he has been re-assured after meeting with Nauru's David Adeang and the aid will continue but the funding agreement has been amended.
"Obviously if we are going to continue to funding the justice sector we want to be able to ensure that the appointment process is respectable and that's going to generate good candidates, so we have got amendments being made that will give us visibility on the process and the ability to exercise our rights if you like if we are not satisfied that the spirit of our agreement is being met."