NZ troops to pull out of Iraq 'alongside of Australia'

New Zealand's government has announced it will be withdrawing its troops from Iraq over the next year.

New Zealand will withdraw its troops from Iraq over the next year and do so "alongside of Australia", its defence minister says.

Since 2015, New Zealand has deployed personnel alongside Australian forces to train Iraqi soldiers at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, with 95 Kiwis currently there.

Its government on Monday afternoon announced the nation's contribution to the mission would be ending over the next year, with its troops to be gradually withdrawn by June in 2020.

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