The Government has announced $542,000 in additional funding is to go towards a environmental recovery programme set up after the container ship Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in October 2011.
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The announcement brings the total amount of Government funding towards the programme to $2.42 million.
The extra money will go towards monitoring water quality and kaimoana, restoring shorelines, protecting wildlife and assessing the mauri of the area.
