The squad includes just one uncapped player - Canterbury's Aaron Clapham, a former Under-20 international - and the camp will take place in Auckland from April 28 to May 10.

The get-together will also include a New Zealand selection team taking on a New Zealand Football Championship All Stars XI on May 9.

There are three other players selected for the camp - Newcastle Jets midfielder Jeremy Brockie, Brisbane Roar striker Costa Barbarouses and Team Wellington midfielder Cole Peverley - who were not involved in the All Whites' success against Bahrain or the friendly against Mexico last month.

Brockie is on the comeback trail after suffering a broken leg during the A-League season.

"Aaron's a player we've been monitoring and I invited him in for a couple of weeks recently with the Phoenix," said Herbert, who is also the head coach of A-League side Wellington Phoenix.

"In the big games against Auckland and Waitakere this season he's stepped up and performed. Now it's a good chance to bring him in with players like (Tim) Brown and (Leo) Bertos and see what his work is like at that level."

New Zealand's full World Cup squad will assemble in Auckland on May 19 to prepare for a trans-Tasman showdown with Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground three days later.

The All Whites' World Cup preparations continue in Europe where they will play Serbia in Austria on May 29 and Slovenia in Maribor on June 4 before shifting to South Africa, where they have a training match against Chile before their first Group F match against Slovakia in Rustenburg on June 15.

Squad of Australasian-based players for camp in Auckland: James Bannatyne (Team Wellington), Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory), Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix); Tony Lochhead, Dave Mulligan, Ben Sigmund (all Wellington Phoenix), Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City); Andy Barron, Cole Peverley (both Team Wellington), Leo Bertos, Tim Brown (both Wellington Phoenix), Jeremy Brockie (Newcastle Jets), Aaron Clapham (Canterbury United); Costa Barbarouses (Brisbane Roar), Shane Smeltz (Gold Coast).