The honourable work of emergency services in Australia is paying off with the number of bushfires in Australia decreasing as the week continues.
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Kiwis braved 50 degree days to save Australians
Today a crew from the New Zealand Forest Protection Services arrived home from Australia. This is the fourth deployment for the team who were based in Tumut town, an evacuated area to the west of Australia's capital city of Canberra. Te Ao News spoke to four of the volunteers.
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NewsAlmost 1,600 homes destroyed in Australian bushfires
The NSW Rural Fire Service has announced that almost 1,600 homes have been destroyed by bush fires in Australia so far this 2019-20 season.
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First NZ Defence Force contingent departs for Australian fires
The first of three NZ Air Force NH90 helicopters and crew have departed for New South Wales to support the Australian Defence Force efforts in tackling the Australian fires.
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Bushfires set to destroy up to 5 million hectares
Officials said so far 4.9 million hectares have been "burnt out" and it is expected to grow.
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Northland firefighters NSW bound
A 10-person firefighting crew from Forest Protection Services flew out from Whangārei Airport this morning bound for the Australian bushfires in New South Wales.
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Orange haze from bushfires 'freaks out' locals
More of the country's skies have begun to turn an ominous orange as the outward signs of the Australian bushfires are brought home on this side of the Tasman.
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Indigenous cultural burning expert says care for "our mother" or be left with nothing
An indigenous Australian expert in cultural burning says the bushfires raging across their country are catastrophic and a clear call to protect and nurture the environment, "our mother".
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NewsBlack Caps bowl Australia out and head in to bat
The damage looks bad but it is not as bad as it could have been for the Black Caps in the third test against Australia in Sydney.
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NZers wake up to the seriousness of the Aussie bushfires
New Zealanders are waking up to the seriousness of the Australian bushfires after thousands were witness to a blood orange sun caused by smoke from the fires that have traveled across the sea.
