Funding allocation
The Jobs for Nature programme was originally allocated $1.245 billion in 2020. Since then, the overall funding has been reduced to $1.185 billion as successive governments responded to emerging priorities:
Adjustments to total funding:
- June 2021: $26.6 million reprioritised to the roll-out of cameras on commercial fishing vessels
- March 2023: $11.55 million reprioritised to the Environmental Monitoring and Reporting System initiative
- May 2023 (Budget 2023): $7.679 million in unallocated funds returned
- May 2024 (Budget 2024): $14.018 million returned from Vote Environment
Funding purpose |
Agency involved |
Total funding over 4 years |
| New jobs in regional environmental projects targeted at freshwater improvement | $391 million | |
| Freshwater improvement and at-risk catchments | Ministry for the Environment | $65 million |
| Biosecurity, including weed, pest and predator control |
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) |
$330.5 million |
| Nature based jobs both on and off public land, targeted towards helping businesses maintain their workforce and do conservation work | Department of Conservation | $199 million |
| Ecosystem restoration on public land and private land | Department of Conservation | $123 million |
| Fencing waterways, water reticulation and riparian management | Kānoa (Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment) | $41 million |
| Large scale planting and water quality related action | $35 million |