8 Jan 2020

Defence Minister asks for national fire risk assessment as bush fires across the Tasman

From Five O'clock Report, 5:17 pm on 8 January 2020

The Defence Minister has asked for a national fire risk assessment as bush fires rage in Australia. Ron Mark says there's nothing to prevent large-scale blazes from also happening in New Zealand. It comes as dozens more firefighters deploy from Auckland to Australia to assist. Mackenzie Smith reports.

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