The announcement would lift annual spending on the control efforts to around $36 million a year on average.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Funding for wilding pine control efforts will more than double under a Budget 2026 boost.
The government has pledged an extra $79 million for the National Wilding Conifer Control Programme over the next three years, taking its total spend over that time to $109 million.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour and Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard in Queenstown on Sunday.
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