Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Conservation): Earlier this month, I announced a Jobs for Nature - funded collaboration between communities and scientists in a crucial step in the fight to protect some of New Zealand's best known native plants. We're talking about the iconic Kiwi Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa; rātā; mānuka; ramarama, which is the home of our honey industry where myrtle rust poses the biggest threat. Five million dollars has been invested across two projects: one each in Te Tai Rāwhiti and the Bay of Plenty to focus on monitoring myrtle rust infestations, mapping its spread, and ramping up the propagation of plants showing the most resistance to the disease.