Jobs created and money spent under Jobs for Nature

Details of the request

To Whom It May Concern in DOC/MfE/MPI: Further to the May 2020 announcement
of Jobs for Nature, please provide the actual jobs created and money spent (as
opposed to projects announced and money earmarked) for the Jobs for Nature
scheme. Please provide the names of the projects and where the jobs are located.

Please make a distinction between new projects and existing projects that were
already funded by other Government programmes.
The timeframe of the request is May 14 2020 to June 30 2021.

Please also state if any of the money originally announced ($433 million for new jobs
in regional environmental projects, $315 million biosecurity, including weed and pest
control, $200 million for DOC's Jobs for Nature programme, $154 million for new jobs
enhancing biodiversity on public and private land) has been redirected/
repurposed/returned unspent.

Here is the original announcement: https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/mediareleases/
2020-media-releases/investment-to-create-11000-environment-jobs-in-ourregions/