
Govt pledges $4.5m boost to conservation trust

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The QEII Trust and Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Sanctuary are to get extra government funding. Shown: A QEII covenant of protected original bush in Gisborne's Waimata Valley, amid a sea of farmland and forestry. Photo: White Rose Organics A $4.5 million funding boost has been promised for conservation body QEII National Trust to support its partnerships with landowners to create protected pockets of land under covenants.