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More Kiwi firefighters head to Australia to help battle NSW blazes

January 29, 2020

The team will be transported by helicopter to remote areas in New South Wales. (Source: Other)

Another group of Kiwi firefighters are heading to Australia to help fight the bush fires in New South Wales. 

New Zealand has sent more than 200 personnel to Australia since last October which have killed 28 people and destroyed more than 3000. 

The team of four New Zealand Defence Force will be taken by helicopter into remote areas of New South Wales.

There’s major differences to Australia, but climate change could cause NZ to be just as vulnerable. (Source: Other)

It follows a group of 21 New Zealand firefighters landing back at Auckland airport last week after a two-week deployment to Canberra.

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