# of Agreement
Agreement
Purpose of Agreement
Agreement Term
Total Funding (excl. GST)
Areas of NZ
Commentary
1
ZIP Partnership Agreement
The purpose of this Partnership is to:
$0
Nationwide
- enable DOC and ZIP to work together to maximise our
impact and progress towards the PF2050 goal.
Term: 2 April 2025 to 30 June 2030
- agree Terms and Conditions that will apply to Investment 
Agreements between the Parties
2
Research, Development and Innovation
To enable ZIP to develop through trial and innovation, new 
$3,000,000
Nationwide
and transformational knowledge, tools, and techniques in 
accordance with the new Project Vision: "To secure New 
Term: 4 April 2025 to 30 June 2030
Zealand's biodiversity by developing and implementing 
innovative, strongly supported technologies and systems 
to remove introduced predators at landscape scale and 
defend those sites from reinvasion."
3
Predator Free South Westland
To complete removal and maintain elimination/ 
$13,900,000.00
Westland, West Coast
Note: This Agreement superseded the Whataroa Extension 
eradication gains across 114,000ha in South Westland; 
Investment Agreement
and to develop cost effective and transferable techniques  Term: 2 October 2025 to 30 June 2030
to maintain a predator free state and enable application 
during broader PF2050 roll-out
4
Whataroa Extension (PFSW) 
To improvethe effectiveness of defence and the cost 
$0.00
South Westland, West Coast
Note: This Agreement was superseded by the PF South 
profile of maintainence for Predator Free South Westland
Westland Agreement
Term: 26 May 2025 to 2 October 2025
5
Predator Free Rakiura
To carry out two years of research, development and 
$6,000,000.00
Rakiura/ Stewart Island
implementation work required to resolve the feasibility of 
under the Official Information Act
Island-wide predator eradication, including a better 
Term: 2 April 2025 to 31 Dec 2026
understanding of future cost.
6
Pukunui Predator Control
For ZIP and DOC to collaborate to design and plan an 
$4,315,000.00
Rakiura/ Stewart Island
aerial 1080 predator control operation to be delivered by 
ZIP on behalf of DOC as part of a wider Pukunui Recovery  Term: 28 May 2025 to 31 Dec 2025
Project at Rakiura.
7
Investigating whether intensive control of introduced 
To design and implement a programme or work to 
$1,200,000
South Westland, West Coast
Novated from Predator Free Limited to DOC
wild animals generates additional carbon in native 
determine the link between the impacts of introduced 
terrestrial vegetation
animal pests and their control and carbon in native 
Term: 1 July 2024 to 31 July 2026
forests. 
Released 
Total Funding Amount
$28,415,000

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