New Zealand's military deployment to get its remaining citizens out of Afghanistan is expected to be a difficult and delicate mission.
A Hercules aircraft will depart as early as tomorrow morning with about 40 miliary personnel on board.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has committed to work closely with the Australian Defence Force in the mission to evacuate of 53 New Zealanders along with 37 Afghan nationals - plus their immediate family - who've previously assisted our forces.
Australia is sending three planes and more than 250 personnel but has expressed concern about the difficulty of landing aircraft at Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport - where chaotic scenes have been playing out as thousands of Afghans try to flee the country.
National's foreign affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says the operation is the right thing to do but there are still many uncertainties.
Defence Minister Peeni Henare spoke to Corin Dann.
