Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Conservation): Last week, I was in Franz Josef to announce the launch of an ambitious Jobs for Nature - backed project that will restore nature and sustain jobs in COVID-hit South Westland. Predator Free South Westland represents the biggest step yet on mainland Aotearoa towards the predator-free 2050 goal, and, over five years, the $45 million project aims to eliminate possums, rats, and stoats from 100,000 hectares between the Whataroa and Waiau rivers, the crest of the Southern Alps, and the shores of the Tasman Sea, including the townships of Franz Josef, Whataroa, and Ōkārito.