Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Conservation): Mr Speaker! As part of our COVID recovery, on 16 September I announced a package of nine Jobs for Nature projects across Otago and Southland. The projects represent an investment of more than $17 million into nature and the community, and they're collectively expected to create more than 200 jobs through protecting threatened species, making a well-known lake swimmable, and supporting areas hit by the downturn in international tourism.