15 Mar 2019

Kiwi firefighters head to Australia to help battle wildfires

From Morning Report, 8:30 am on 15 March 2019

New Zealand is sending 43 firefighters to help battle wildfires still raging in the Australian state of Victoria. Dozens of fires started by lightning strikes have been burning since the end of February and have destroyed more than 30 properties east of Melbourne. Lance Dixon is a taskforce leader with Fire Emergency New Zealand and is flying across the ditch this morning. He speaks to Susie Ferguson.