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Kauri conservationists fear bureaucracy will suck up new funding from Budget 2021. Over the Waitākere forest canopy it s not hard to see the damage kauri dieback has done. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook A total of $28 million has been allocated for a National Pest Management Plan to fight kauri dieback. Government departments started working on the plan in 2017 but it is still incomplete. The pathogen is threatening kauri with extinction and it is not known exactly how far it has spread. Northland Regional councillor Jack Craw said he was grateful the funding was allocated but it was manifestly inadequate . The bulk of the money should go to community conservation groups and iwi who did the grassroots and treeroots work, he said. ....
The Government increased the benefit by $25 a week last year. From July 1, it will increase by $20 a week, and a second increase will occur again next year, bringing it in line with WEAG s advice. Families and whanau with children will also receive a further $15 per adult per week. It means in total, weekly main benefit rates will increase by between $32 and $55 per adult by April 2022. The Government expects that 109,000 families and whanau with children will be, on average, $175 a week better off as a result of changes to income support, since 2017. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it was about reversing cuts to benefits made in 1991 under National Party Finance Minister Ruth Richardson - a Budget nicknamed the Mother of all Budgets. ....
$8.9 million for advanced screening technology to strengthen biosecurity management of the growing mail pathway. $22.5 million for the National Animal Identification and Tracing Scheme (NAIT). Budget 2021 makes important investments to protect kauri, introduce hi-tech biosecurity safeguards and bring a greater focus on animal tracing to support the eradication of Mycoplasma bovis. “As a nation that depends on trade and tourism, and a country whose lifestyle is linked to our unique natural environment, our focus on investment in biosecurity is vital,” Damien O’Connor said. “The Government is stepping up efforts to protect kauri against dieback and preserve the taonga for future generations. There is great work being done across ....
Government to spend $28 million on kauri dieback disease battle (Photo / NZ Herald) Thu, 20 May 2021, 5:07PM The Government has injected $28 million into the battle to save New Zealand s iconic kauri from an as yet uncurable tree-killing disease. Kauri dieback disease has become prominent over the past decade, spreading throughout the Auckland region and the Coromandel, to Waipoua Forest in Northland and most recently Puketi Forest in the Bay of Islands. Last month, an expert warned other tree species could be lost if the soil-borne disease wasn t stopped. Today s Budget announcements include $28m, as part of $32m in funding over five years, to roll out a new National Pest Management Plan to protect kauri. ....