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
The projects to be funded were the creations of iwi, community groups and charities trying to restore damaged and polluted waterways. The largest project is in Northland, where the Ko Waitangi Te Awa Trust is working to restore the Waitangi River, which flows with total funding of $10.5m, including $2.5m from the Freshwater Improvement Fund.
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Environment minister David Parker has announced 19 waterways restoration projects will get $36 million of government funding over the next five years. Another North Island Te Ika a Maui project to get funding is the Maungatautari To Pirongia Ecological Corridor Project, which will fund biodiversity planting between the predator-proof fences mountain Maungatautari, and the Pirongia Forest Park.
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.
Groups protecting Whangaehu Catchment get Freshwater Improvement Fund grants
23 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Eight community organisations have been awarded $66,000 in community grants through the Ministry for the Environment s Freshwater Improvement Fund. Photo / Bevan Conley
Whanganui Chronicle
Horizons Regional Council has awarded over $65,000 in community grants for the Whangaehu catchment this year.
The Ngā Wai Ora o te Whangaehu grants programme is awarded to groups working towards protecting and enhancing the Whangaehu catchment.
The grants are provided through the Ministry for the Environment s Freshwater Improvement Fund. Horizons provides co-funding, oversees delivery of on-the-ground work and undertakes the administration.
They are one part of a Freshwater Improvement Fund for the Whangaehu catchment that is also supporting stream fencing and riparian planting projects.