Rory Fallon and Lucas Neill compete for a header during a football international between New Zealand and Australia in 2010.

The All Whites are keen to renew their trans-Tasman rivalry with the Socceroos in order to help the victims of the bushfires that have wrought havoc across the ditch.

Support for a rare football international between the two countries has gathered momentum, with All Whites coach Danny Hay on Saturday giving it his backing, after Wellington's Sky Stadium offered to host it free of charge.

Bushfires have hit every Australian state, killing people and animals, and erasing entire villages. There is no sign of imminent rain.

Using a football fixture to raise funds for the victims of the bushfire crisis was first raised by an Australian journalist writing for SBS.

AP More than 900 homes in New South Wales have been confirmed destroyed this bushfire season.

Hay said when he was an All White, playing the Socceroos was one of the highlights of his career. He would love to see the game come to fruition.

"There's a huge amount of history going back a long, long time around the Anzacs," Hay said.

"You look at sporting rivalry over the years whether that be cricket, rugby, rugby league, netball or football, we've got a big history and it is something that I've got no doubt that fans want to see and I've got no doubt it's something our players would love to be a part of.

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"It's just finding the right time within the schedule and particularly more so for Australia so we can make this happen. To help out in some of these causes, because just recently there's a lot of hurt and people are really struggling, if two football teams came come together and support that in any way it'd be hugely positive."

High-profile sporting clashes between New Zealand and Australia are common in nearly every sport, except football. The All Whites and Socceroos have not played each other since 2011.

PHOTOSPORT All Whites coach Danny Hay.

Hosting games in New Zealand has proven difficult in the past due to the cost of flying professional players in from all corners of the world.

But removing one major hurdle, Sky Stadium CEO Shane Harmon said the stadium, formerly known as Westpac Stadium, will cover all game-day costs, including rent, if the game was to be staged there.

To get the ball rolling, Harmon said he has already made contact with New Zealand Football and Football Federation Australia to gauge their interest.

"It's really just an offer but we're keen to see something happen," Harmon said.

"I'm a big believer that in these situations sport as a major role to play in social good and we can do something that scale and potentially raise a lot of money for those people impacted."

PHOTOTEK New Zealand's Michael McGlinchey passes through midfield.

"We would cover the venue operating costs, there would be no hire fee on the day, with the view to raising as much money for that cause."

Hay said it was a "great shame" the nations do not play each other on a regular basis, but arranging fixtures with the Socceroos had become difficult since they left Oceania to join the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.

"If I look back at my time as a player for the national team that was a highlight when we got to play them regularly.

"For me there's nothing better and nothing that whets the appetite for the fan more than the trans-Tasman rivalry and the opportunity to play Australia on a regular basis again would be huge.

"But the simple fact with them being in AFC now and us being in Oceania we are in different confederations and if you look at their schedule more so than ours they are pretty much locked in to just about every window, whether that be World Cup qualifiers or Asian Cup qualifiers, they have got a really busy schedule.

"It's unfortunate that that's the way it is, but where there's a will there's a way and the comments from [Socceroos coach] Graham Arnold were very positive and if they've got an open window and it works for us then it's 100 per cent something that we should in terms of both organisations look very closely at trying to make it happen."

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says he will pay $200 per ace to the victims, and cricketers Glenn Maxwell, Chris Lynn and D'Arcy Short have pledged money for every six they hit in the Big Bash T20 competition.

Wellington Phoenix players have said they will be donate $150 for every goal they score against the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday night.