Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Research, Science and Innovation): The $8.75 million research project to which the member refers is funded from October 2016 to September 2021 through the Endeavour Fund to prepare New Zealand for extreme fire. This research has been funded via contestable allocation continuously since 2004. After the current work has been completed, Scion will be in a position to identify what research is needed next. In addition to this, we also provide Scion stable and long-term funding through the Strategic Science Investment Fund. From this funding, Scion currently invests $120,000 per year into fire research aligned to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's extreme fire programme and $130,000 per year for fire weather and fire climate modelling. In addition to Scion's fire research, $580,000 is invested per year via the nature's challenges National Science Challenge into high-impact weather and wildfire research, as well as the investment by the Ministry for Primary Industries of $150,000 into the adapting to and mitigating wildfire risk due to climate change programme. Finally, in addition to participating in Scion-led research, the University of Canterbury undertakes related research.