Cash for Southland from the Provincial Growth Fund
Cash for Southland from the Provincial Growth Fund
28 November 2019
Regional Economic Minister Shane Jones has announced a multi-million dollar boost in Invercargill today.
It includes around two million dollars for ten engineering firms - and 1.5 million to support Southlanders into local jobs through the Southland Youth Futures initiative.
The engineering investment will go to projects such as New Zealand's largest scale 3D printer - and a trial to manufacture red seaweed into emission-reducing supplements for farm animals.
Jones says it's about diversifying the region's economic base, and creating new opportunities.
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