OIA22-0739
Geoff Reid
[FYI request #20557 email]
Dear Geoff Reid
Thank you for your email of 14 September 2022 requesting information relating to the
One Billion Trees Fund (1BT) project. Your request has been considered under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA).
You requested the following:
Please provide the following under the Official Information Act 1982:
-The results of the survival audit undertaken for the One Billion Trees Fund for 2020 &
2021. -The overall cost of the scheme.
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Please include the following for each project, but not limited to; the year planting took
place, the name of the planting block and its location, area of land planted out, the
species used, how much funding was allocated, and the survival rates.
The 1BT 30-month monitoring and evaluation report is the latest performance report and is publicly
available on the MPI website here:
https://mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/49315/direct.
As of 25 September 2022, the total cost of contracted projects is $166,782,321.
Your request for information for each project has been considered by the Ministry for Primary
Industries (MPI). However, MPI believes it important to protect the privacy of individuals who
applied for funding under this fund. Therefore, information identifying the name of the planting
block and their location is withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA
to protect the privacy of natural
persons.
MPI is satisfied that in the circumstances of this case, the withholding of the information is
not outweighed by other considerations which render it desirable in the public interest to
make the information available.
MPI does not have a complete data set of the results of all the individual inspections and audits of
individual Planting Grant Projects. Appendix One provides you with the information we hold.
Appendix One contains anonymised information with the following list of inspection information
comprising:
• Region
• Stocking Rate (stems per hectare
• Planting Year
planted)
• Inspection Year
• Survival percentage
• Species (1 Billion Trees planting type)
• Hectares
• Amount Paid (for the completed hectares)
Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
mpi.govt.nz
MPI does not hold data on other tree types. Each planting is identified by the planting type under
which the 1BT funding levels were set. These comprise:
• Mixed native
• Manuka\kanuka
• Reversion
• Other exotic
• Pinus radiata.
For more information on the milestone inspection process and establishment standards see
this
fact sheet on the MPI web site.
I trust the information provided is of assistance. Should you have any concerns with this
response, I would encourage you to raise these with MPI at
[email address]. Alternatively, you are advised of your right to also raise
any concerns with the Office of the Ombudsman. Contact details are: Office of the
Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143 or
at [email address]. Yours sincerely
Debbie Ward
Director, Operational Programme Delivery (Acting)
Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wel ington 6140, New Zealand
mpi.govt.nz