Govt seeking business and philanthropic boost for predator-free policy

Govt seeking business and philanthropic boost for predator-free policy
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie July 25 (BusinessDesk) - The government is seeking funding from businesses and philanthropists to support its "aspirational" policy, announced today, to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050. In a bid to shore up its environmental credentials, a phalanx of ministers led by Prime Minister John Key launched the policy this afternoon at Wellington's predator-free fenced bird sanctuary, Zealandia, pledging $7 million a year in new funding for each of the next four years and a series of interim goals, including a 20,000 he...