New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English will lead a delegation of business people as special guests at the G20 forum in Sydney this week to help finalize policy recommendations to the G20 leaders summit later this year.

More than a dozen New Zealand business leaders would attend as guests of Australia and join about 300 counterparts from G20 nations, English said in a statement Tuesday.

"New Zealand strongly supports Australia's approach to the G20 presidency, including its focus on promoting strong economic growth and employment, and making the global economy more resilient to deal with future shocks," English said.

"Such significant opportunities do not come along often. We appreciate Australia providing this opportunity for New Zealand both at a political and business level to showcase our country at an important international forum."

The forum, which runs from Wednesday to Friday, would focus on driving growth and jobs and on maximizing global investment.