Government commits $36 million to projects to enhance waterways
9 Jan, 2021 04:31 AM
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The initiative is part of the Jobs for Nature package that commits a billion dollars to the environment. Photo / 123rf
The initiative is part of the Jobs for Nature package that commits a billion dollars to the environment. Photo / 123rf
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More than 400 jobs will be created by a $36 million funding round to clean up and protect waterways, says Environment Minister David Parker.
Nineteen projects are being launched during the second quarter of this year.
Parker said the initiative is part of the Jobs for Nature package that commits a billion dollars to improving the environment.
Investment will clean up
and protect waterways and create local jobs
Boots on
the ground expected in Q2 of 2021
Funding part of
the Jobs for Nature policy package
A package of
19 projects will help clean up and protect waterways and
create local jobs, Environment Minister David Parker
announced today.
The projects have been awarded $36
million of Government funding. Together with council and
other contributions, the package will see more than $70
million invested in improving Aotearoa’s
freshwater.
“From the high-country slopes in
Canterbury to sensitive wetlands in the Nelson region,
rivers in Northland, Taranaki, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and
Otago – this funding will help our freshwater systems
Press Release – New Zealand Government $36 million of Government funding alongside councils and others for 19 projects Investment will clean up and protect waterways and create local jobs Boots on the ground expected in Q2 of 2021 Funding part of the Jobs for Nature policy package …
$36 million of Government funding alongside councils and others for 19 projects
Investment will clean up and protect waterways and create local jobs
Boots on the ground expected in Q2 of 2021
Funding part of the Jobs for Nature policy package
A package of 19 projects will help clean up and protect waterways and create local jobs, Environment Minister David Parker announced today.
Warnings about water at Dudding Lake reserve in Rangitīkei
31 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Briar Fleetwood, 7, waits for a turn in a biscuit towed at Dudding Lake. Photo / Bevan Conley
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
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Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:52 am, January 1st, 2021 - 112 comments
Happy new year everyone.
Saionara to 2020 and welcome 2021. May it be even better.
Today is the day MPs will start to think about the year ahead. With a stonking mandate and a possible once in a lifetime event, a majority MMP government what should it do?
Simon Wilson has written this very prescient slightly tongue in cheek article published in today’s Herald thinking about the subject. It is a must read.
As he says why not cancel a few motorway projects, they will become irrelevant as we head towards a post carbon post car society anyway. Why not build light rail now, feed the circular economy by using the powers of the state to fund local projects, improve education, and reduce poverty by making sure that everyone has enough to live on.