Press Release – New Zealand Government An innovative scheme will supercharge efforts towards Aotearoa New Zealand becoming Predator Free by 2050 and provide training for up to 51 apprentices, Minister of Conservation Kiritapu Allan says. Supported by $4.5 million of Jobs for Nature funding, …
An innovative scheme will supercharge efforts towards Aotearoa New Zealand becoming Predator Free by 2050 and provide training for up to 51 apprentices, Minister of Conservation Kiritapu Allan says.
Supported by $4.5 million of Jobs for Nature funding, the scheme is designed and delivered by the Predator Free New Zealand Trust. It will increase the number of experienced predator control specialists by funding apprenticeships across the country through partnerships with specialist pest control companies, eco-sanctuaries, and large landscape scale projects. Support staff will also be employed to coordinate the programme.
While on the West Coast, Allan met the district s three mayors, and the chairs of the West Coast Regional Council, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae and the West Coast Whitebaiters’ Association.
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Conservation Minister Kiri Allan turns the first sod for a new walkway in Punakaiki. DOC has been reviewing New Zealand s whitebait fishery since 2018 because it classified four of the six whitebait species as “at risk” or “threatened”. Allan said she was a whitebaiter from the North Island s East Coast. “Everybody believes that regulation in some way shape or form is the right thing to do. There is work that could be done . so we can get some facts and figures about what is the nature of the stock here,” she said.