Sustainable NZ pledges $1 billion more for conservation

The Herald reports:

New Zealand’s newest political party, Sustainable NZ, has launched today with a promise of increasing Conservation funding by $1 billion over four years in a bid to halt the extinction of native species.
Leader Vernon Tava said the funding could come from New Zealand First’s $3 billion provincial growth fund.

I’d much rather $1 billion was spent on conservation and biodiversity than trying to win Shane Jones a seat in Northland.

And he has endorsed the use of gene technology to help reduce predators.
He described the party as a “full-time environment party”.
“Until now, if you had wanted to vote for the environment, you have had to support a party that has been a clearing-house for New Zealand’s left-of-Labour activist movements, often putting social justice ahead of protecting the environment.”

As I understand it Sustainable NZ would work with either a National or Labour led Government, so long as that party would agree to their key environmental policies.

Their website is here.