Source: New Zealand Government Punakaiki is set to benefit from two projects designed to enhance its status as one of New Zealand’s most unique environments, Conservation Minister Kiri Allan says. “As part of our Jobs for Nature programme the unique natural assets of Punakaiki and the edges of the Paparoa National Park will be restored through a project expected to employ up to 13 people per year for four years. “This two-phase Punakaiki restoration project involves propagation, planting, and maintenance of an estimated 478,000 native trees over 153 ha on sites surrounded by and adjacent to the Paparoa National Park and Te Ara Tāiko Nature Reserve