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South Westland predator-free project massive win for biodiversity, economy 12 Mar, 2021 02:00 AM 2 minutes to read The Country The $45 million predator-free project announced for South Westland yesterday was a "massive" win for biodiversity and the local economy, former Federated Farmers president Katie Milne says. The five-year mountain to sea project, which encompasses the Whataroa, Okāritō and Franz Josef townships, is being supported by $3 million of Jobs for Nature funding in addition to...

Thursday, 11 March 2021, 4:39 pm The $45 million predator-free project announced for South Westland today is a "massive" win for biodiversity and the local economy, Katie Milne says. The former Federated Farmers President, who has taken on the role of chairing Predator Free South Westland, said the 50 jobs expected to be created during the five-year assault on possum, rat and stoat numbers was excellent news for a district hit harder than many by Covid-19 economic fallout. "We’ll also be bri...

Minita mō Te Papa Atawhai An ambitious project to restore nature and sustain jobs in COVID-hit South Westland represents the biggest step yet on mainland Aotearoa towards the Predator Free 2050 goal, Conservation Minister Kiri Allan says. “Predator Free South Westland will be an exemplar for how to achieve predator-free status more widely across the country. “The project’s goal is to remove possums, rats and stoats from a 100,000 hectare area of public and private land from the mountains...

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