$200 million plan to restore Kaipara Harbour

Kaipara Harbour - Image by Shawn Stevens

Kaipara Harbour's health has received a boost with the formal signing of a $200 million six-year plan to clean up New Zealand's biggest natural harbour.

"The programme is the first of its kind [in New Zealand] – a long-term, catchment-wide remediation initiative involving iwi, central and local government, landowners and wider community working together to restore the 602,000-hectare catchment," David Parker, Minister for the Environment, said.