Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is welcoming two new grants to help protect the peninsula's kiwi and kauri.

Announced yesterday by Associate Conservation Minister Nicky Wagner, both grants come from the Department of Conservation's Community Conservation Partnership Fund.

DOC's John Rich, MP Scott Simpson and Associate Minister of Conservation Nicki Wagner, at the Kauaeranga DOC Visitors' Centre.

Scott says the kiwi care project Whenuakiwi has been awarded $25,000 for predator control in the eastern Coromandel, and Kauri 2000 Trust has received $57,000 to help prevent the spread of Kauri Dieback disease.

'These grants support the good work these local groups are carrying out in Coromandel communities to protect our precious flora and fauna.

'The grants will support the groups' continued successes in targeting predators that threaten kiwi, and in raising awareness to reduce the risk to Kauri.”

The grants were announced when the Associate Conservation Minister visited the Coromandel on Wednesday.