Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): Today, the Government announced another Jobs for Nature project to significantly scale up protecting whitebait spawning habitat īnanga in Northland. Whitebait numbers, sadly, are declining and it's important that we act now to restore habitat. The Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust will improve spawning habitats in 25 waterways across the Far North; around 20,000 streamside plants will be planted; kilometres of fencing, together with animal and weed control, will help restore the habitat for whitebait.