This will be Herbert's second contract extension with the All Whites, having guided the team through the group stages of the 2010 World Cup unbeaten.

He has been in charge of the national team since 2005.

"We believe Ricki is the man to see us through the qualifiers and, if things go to plan, on to another Confederations Cup and World Cup," New Zealand Football chief executive Grant McKavanagh said.

Herbert has coached the All Whites in 45 matches, just 10 shy of John Adshead's record of 55 games in charge.

"Obviously the numbers are nice to reflect on - but at the end of your career," Herbert said.

"We have a job to do. The focus is reaching Brazil twice and to do that we have to keep winning games on the longest qualification path we've had since 1982.

"We start from a better base this year than we did in 2005 and with a full strength side against Jamaica on the 29th of February, I'm sure the public and the teams keeping tabs on us in the CONCACAF region will be keen to see what sort of marker we lay down."

If the All Whites make it through two stages of Oceania qualifying, they face a home-and-away playoff against a CONCACAF nation in November 2013 to reach their second straight World Cup finals.