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NORTHLAND IWI CREATES SANCTUARY TO PROTECT KAURI FROM DIEBACK
A kauri sanctuary, to help protect the iconic species from kauri dieback, is being created by Northland iwi with the help of Government funds.
Ngāti Rēhia is creating the sanctuary on ancestral lands at Takou Bay near Kerikeri.
The project has been given a boost with $6.25 million from the One Billion Trees funding, Forestry Minister Shane Jones announced on Friday......
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300042933/northland-iwi-creates-sanctuary-to-protect-kauri-from-dieback
WHAKATĀNE HORTICULTURE PROJECT PROMISES DOZENS OF JOBS FOR MĀORI FOOD PRODUCERS
A new horticulture project aims to create dozens of jobs for Māori food producers in Whakatāne.
The Government on Friday announced it would be earmarking $2.1 million for the initiative as part of the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF).
The money will go to developing an 18.8 hectare blueberry orchard on Māori land, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2020/06/whakat-ne-horticulture-project-promises-dozens-of-jobs-for-m-ori-food-producers.html
MĀORI TOURISM TO RECEIVE $1.25 MILLION PGF FUNDING FOR REDEVELOPMENT
“It’s about 50 years since Rewa’s Village was built and it has fallen into disrepair. This funding will enable the trust to upgrade the facilities and displays, create up to seven new jobs, and attract more tourists,” Shane Jones said.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Charitable Trust will use the funding to upgrade Te Pā Kāinga o Rewa, or Rewa's Village, in Kerikeri. The long-established attraction is a small-scale replica of a 19th-century Māori fishing village which recaptures the atmosphere of a settlement in pre-European times......
www.devdiscourse.com/article/business/1106597-maoritourism-to-receive-125-million-pgf-funding-for-redevelopment
A kauri sanctuary, to help protect the iconic species from kauri dieback, is being created by Northland iwi with the help of Government funds.
Ngāti Rēhia is creating the sanctuary on ancestral lands at Takou Bay near Kerikeri.
The project has been given a boost with $6.25 million from the One Billion Trees funding, Forestry Minister Shane Jones announced on Friday......
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300042933/northland-iwi-creates-sanctuary-to-protect-kauri-from-dieback
WHAKATĀNE HORTICULTURE PROJECT PROMISES DOZENS OF JOBS FOR MĀORI FOOD PRODUCERS
A new horticulture project aims to create dozens of jobs for Māori food producers in Whakatāne.
The Government on Friday announced it would be earmarking $2.1 million for the initiative as part of the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF).
The money will go to developing an 18.8 hectare blueberry orchard on Māori land, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2020/06/whakat-ne-horticulture-project-promises-dozens-of-jobs-for-m-ori-food-producers.html
MĀORI TOURISM TO RECEIVE $1.25 MILLION PGF FUNDING FOR REDEVELOPMENT
“It’s about 50 years since Rewa’s Village was built and it has fallen into disrepair. This funding will enable the trust to upgrade the facilities and displays, create up to seven new jobs, and attract more tourists,” Shane Jones said.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Charitable Trust will use the funding to upgrade Te Pā Kāinga o Rewa, or Rewa's Village, in Kerikeri. The long-established attraction is a small-scale replica of a 19th-century Māori fishing village which recaptures the atmosphere of a settlement in pre-European times......
www.devdiscourse.com/article/business/1106597-maoritourism-to-receive-125-million-pgf-funding-for-redevelopment