新西兰政府将投入超过100万纽元，用于修复塔拉纳基地区珍稀的海岸生态环境，并加强该地区东北部对Kōkako鸟类的保护。

保护部长塔马·波塔卡（Tama Potaka）表示，政府将向由 Te Kāhui o Taranaki 和 East Taranaki Environment Trust 主导的两个环保项目提供总计 104万纽元的资金。与此同时，这两个项目预计还将获得约 120万纽元的现金及实物配套支持。

波塔卡说，这正是政府希望看到的环保投资模式——政府提供支持，同时由Iwi（土著部族）、土地所有者、社区组织和志愿者投入资金、时间、专业知识以及实际劳动，使纳税人的资金发挥更大的作用。

“通过合作，纳税人的资金可以发挥更大的效用，我们也能够为塔拉纳基这些独特的自然环境和物种做得更多。”他说。

其中，Te Kāhui o Taranaki 将获得 432,840纽元，用于测绘、监测和修复位于塔拉纳基Iwi传统领地内的极度濒危海岸草本生态系统。

这项由Iwi主导的计划还将开展生态修复和植被种植，并动员当地社区参与这一珍稀生态系统的长期保护工作。

另一项规模更大的计划由 East Taranaki Environment Trust 负责，将获得 603,760纽元，用于扩大塔拉纳拉基东北部一个面积达 46,000公顷 的生态景观中的捕食者控制和监测工作。

该项目由Iwi共同参与领导，并得到当地志愿者支持，目标是打造一个更加安全、连贯的自然环境，为Kōkako以及其他新西兰本土物种提供更好的生存空间。

波塔卡表示，从塔拉纳基海岸到内陆森林，这些项目体现了“共同努力”的理念。

“政府、Iwi、土地所有者、社区组织和志愿者将各自的优势结合起来，为塔拉纳基的自然环境带来长期而持久的改善。”

这两个塔拉纳基项目是 2026年新西兰保护部（DOC）社区基金（DOC Community Fund） 首批公布的项目。保护部表示，未来还将陆续公布全国其他地区获得该基金支持的项目。

编辑注

Te Kāhui o Taranaki 的项目名称为 “塔拉纳基Iwi传统领地极度濒危海岸草本生态系统修复项目”（Restoration of Critically Endangered Coastal Turf Ecosystems within the Taranaki Iwi Rohe），预计将获得 123,600纽元的配套投入。

East Taranaki Environment Trust 的项目名称为 “塔拉纳基东北部Kōkako景观保护项目”（North-East Taranaki Kōkako Landscape Project），预计将获得 108.5万纽元的配套投入。

DOC社区基金 是一项由中央政府设立、采用竞争性申请机制的公共基金，旨在支持社区主导的项目，用于保护和修复受到威胁的本土物种及生态系统。

More than $1 million in Government funding will help restore some of Taranaki’s rarest coastal habitat and protect kōkako in the region’s north-east, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says.

Our Government is investing $1.04 million in projects led by Te Kāhui o Taranaki and the East Taranaki Environment Trust, alongside an expected $1.2 million in cash and in-kind support. 

“This is what good conservation investment looks like. Government backing local ambition, with Iwi, landowners, community groups and volunteers bringing funding, time, expertise, and practical support to the table,” Mr Potaka says.

“By working together, taxpayer funding goes further and we can achieve more for the special places and species of Taranaki.”

Te Kāhui o Taranaki will receive $432,840 to map, monitor and restore critically endangered coastal turf ecosystems within the Taranaki Iwi rohe.

The Iwi-led project will carry out restoration planting and involve local communities in the long-term protection of this rare habitat.

East Taranaki Environment Trust, which operates as the East Taranaki Environment Collective, will receive $603,760 to expand predator control and monitoring within a 46,000-hectare landscape in north-east Taranaki.

The project is co-led with Iwi, supported by local volunteers and will help create a safer, more connected landscape for kōkako and other native species.

“From the coast to the ngahere, this is mahi tahi in action. Our Government, Iwi, landowners, community groups, and volunteers combining their strengths to deliver lasting gains for Taranaki’s environment.”

The Taranaki projects are the first to be announced from the 2026 DOC Community Fund, with further announcements to follow across the country.

Notes to editors: 

Te Kāhui o Taranaki’s project is titled Restoration of Critically Endangered Coastal Turf Ecosystems within the Taranaki Iwi Rohe. It is expected to attract $123,600 in co-investment.
East Taranaki Environment Trust’s project is titled North-East Taranaki Kōkako Landscape Project. It is expected to attract $1,085,000 in co-investment.
The DOC Community Fund is a contestable Crown fund supporting community-led projects that protect and restore threatened species and ecosystems.