Our project partners created jobs on private land and public conservation land that involved:

• predator and weed control
• restoring wetlands and priority waterways
• regenerative planting
• improving tracks, huts and other recreational, cultural or heritage assets and sites
• training and capability development.

Our programme investment included:

• $198.6 million to work with councils, iwi and local businesses throughout the country to provide nature-based jobs both on and off public land, through regional partnership groups.
• $141.3 million for ecosystem restoration on public land and private land.
• $147.5 million for jobs in pest control and eradication, including advancing Predator Free New Zealand and working with iwi to prevent the collapse of North Island forests.