Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key on Monday announced a program to make the Pacific Ocean nation "predator free" by 2050, ridding its islands entirely of invasive species that are a threat to endemic birds and other native species. The project would be the first of its kind in the world. 
  
 A press release from the ruling National Party, which Key leads, says the government will put almost $20 million a year of new money — on top of more than $40 million that already goes into pest control annually — into various projects targeted at wiping out three species: rats, stoats and possums. 
  
 According to the Guardian , pest-control methods currently employed include trapping, ground baiting and hunting. Controversially, New Zealand also drops from the air the poison sodium fluoroacetate, also known as 1080, although conservationists hope that the new initiative will involve trying out alternative approaches. 
  
 We've launched Predator Free NZ, a world-first project to eliminate rats, possums and stoats in NZ by 2050.https://t.co/zYMutlkX4L - John Key (@RtHon_JohnKey) July 25, 2016 
  
 The prime minister says the three species — which are only found in New Zealand through human agency, some having arrived on trading ships, for instance — kill 25 million native birds a year and also prey on ground species such as lizards. 
  
 “Our ambition is that by 2050 every single part of New Zealand will be completely free of rats, stoats and possums," says Key in the statement. “This is the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world, but we believe if we all work together as a country we can achieve it.” ||||| The government has announced its intention to make New Zealand predator-free by 2050. 
  
 Prime Minister John Key said rats, possums and stoats kill 25 million native birds a year. 
  
 He said the introduced pests also threatened the country's economy and primary sector with a total cost of $3.3 billion a year. 
  
 More than 7000 hectares of the New Zealand mainland as well as more than 150 offshore islands were now completely free of predators, Mr Key said. 
  
 In addition a further 1 million hectares of conservation land were under sustained predator control. 
  
 The government will invest $28 million in a new joint venture company called Predator Free New Zealand Ltd. 
  
 Photo: RNZ / Demelza Leslie 
  
 The company will be responsible for identifying large, high-value predator control projects and attracting co-investors. 
  
 It will be set up by the beginning of next year. 
  
 The government will look to provide funding on a two-for-one basis, so for every $2 that local councils and the private sector put in the government will contribute another $1. 
  
 "This is the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world, but we believe if we all work together as a country we can achieve it," Mr Key said. 
  
 The prime minister said the project was "hugely ambitious" and would be broken down into stages. 
  
 The first stage would increase the amount of the country covered by predator control; establish regional partnerships and support community initiatives; establish more areas of complete elimination as a base to build from and invest in new science. 
  
 By 2025 the project aims to have all introduced predators eradicated from all offshore island nature reserves and have 1 million more hectares of mainland New Zealand where predators are suppressed. 
  
 Mr Key said by 2025 this would show that complete predator eradication could be achieved in areas of at least 20,000 hectares on the New Zealand mainland and it is hoped a breakthrough scientific solution would by then be available capable of removing at least one small mammal predator from the mainland entirely. 
  
 These were steps, he said, to achieve the ultimate goal of making New Zealand predator-free by 2050. 
  
 Conservation Minister Maggie Barry said fencing off parts of the country was one solution, but would be the wrong way to achieve the goal nationally. 
  
 "To achieve this Apollo walk of ours, we need to make all of New Zealand predator free and we need to do some of it without fences, using technology that doesn't even exist at the moment. 
  
 "The predator-proof fences is certainly where it started, but it isn't where it will end." 
  
 Ms Barry said the poison 1080 would still have to be used to get to hard to reach places. 
  
 "It is always going to be the weapon of choice to get rid of these vermin in the very steep country. 
  
 "These are very steep rugged terrains that 1080 is used in, where traditional trapping methods are unacceptable and don't work, this will not just be about 1080 though." 
  
 Mr Key said family cats like his pet Moonbeam, would be safe, but feral cats' days were numbered. 
  
 "Feral cats on the DOC estate will be targeted as part of Predator Free New Zealand, but in terms of the domestic moggy, they have plenty of years in front of the fire at home." 
  
 The project will combine the resources of the Department of Conservation and the Ministry for Primary Industries to work with local communities. 
  
 Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said the goal of a predator free New Zealand would have positive impacts for farmers and the wider primary sector. 
  
 "Possums and ferrets are the main carriers of bovine TB, which is a very destructive disease for cattle and deer. In this year's Budget the government committed $100 million towards combined eradication efforts with industry starting with cattle and deer by 2026," Mr Guy said. 
  
 Predator Free New Zealand Ltd will have a board of directors made up of government, private sector and scientific representatives. ||||| Possums, stoats and other introduced pests to be killed in ‘world-first’ extermination programme unveiled by PM 
  
 No more rats: New Zealand to exterminate all introduced predators 
  
 The New Zealand government has announced a “world-first” project to make the nation predator free by 2050. 
  
 The prime minister, John Key, said on Monday it would undertake a radical pest extermination programme – which if successful would be a global first – aiming to wipe out the introduced species of rats, stoats and possums nation-wide in a mere 34 years. 
  
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 According to the government, introduced species kill 25m native New Zealand birds a year including the iconic ground-dwelling, flightless Kiwi, which die at a rate of 20 a week, and now number fewer than 70,000. 
  
 The government estimates the cost of introduced species to the New Zealand economy and primary sector to be NZ$3.3bn (£1.76bn) a year. 
  
 “Our ambition is that by 2050 every single part of New Zealand will be completely free of rats, stoats and possums,” said Key in a statement. 
  
  
  
 “This is the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world, but we believe if we all work together as a country we can achieve it.” 
  
 Existing pest control methods in New Zealand include the controversial and widespread use of 1080 aerial poison drops, trapping and ground baiting, and possum hunting by ground hunters (possum fur has become a vibrant industry in New Zealand, and is used for winter clothing). 
  
 Emeritus Professor of Conservation Mick Clout from the University of Auckland said he was “excited” by the “ambitious plan” which if achieved would be a “remarkable world first”. 
  
  
  
 “Even the intention of making New Zealand predator free is hugely significant and now it has money and the government behind it I believe it is possible, I am actually very excited,” said Clout. 
  
 “The biggest challenge will be the rats and mice in urban areas. For this project to work it will need the urban communities to get on board. Possum extermination will be the easiest because they only breed once a year and there are already effective control methods in place.” 
  
 Economist and philanthropist Gareth Morgan, of the Morgan Foundation, said he was “ecstatic” about the government’s announcement. 
  
  
  
 “This is the first time the government has really swung in behind investing in New Zealand’s environmental capital,” he said. 
  
 “This is a big, ambitious project but with the government making it a priority you will see increased interest in the sector, and further exploration of innovative trapping and extermination techniques beyond toxic chemicals like 1080.” 
  
 The Royal Society of New Zealand Forest and Bird was optimistic about the country’s chances of success. 
  
 Advocacy manager Kevin Hackwell said: “I think 2050 is a conservative goal, we could be on track to doing it by 2040. The government has just come on board but many groups around New Zealand have been working towards being predator-free for years.” 
  
 “New Zealand is a world-leader in eradicating rats from the landscape. New Zealand can’t go predator free without targeting the cities so we will have to look to places like Alberta, Canada, on how to tackle rat infestation in an urban environment. But it is doable, and not that hard. 
  
 “A predator-free New Zealand has been National party policy for the last three elections, but now it has gone from being the governing party policy to becoming government policy. But National has already invested a lot of money and resources into research on this. 
  
 “The biggest hurdle in the end will be public support for the project. That will be the most important facet of this.” |||||
Student:
New Zealand could soon be the envy of New York. The country has announced a "world-first" project to exterminate all non-native pests, including possums, stoats, feral cats, and rats by 2050, reports the Guardian. Why? Well, the pests, which the government says cost $2.3 billion per year, also kill about 25 million native birds each year, including 20 Kiwis per week. Only 70,000 Kiwis are now known to exist. The Royal Society of New Zealand Forest and Bird says it's excited about the plan, though other groups have been working to eradicate the pests for years. "I think 2050 is a conservative goal, we could be on track to doing it by 2040," a rep says. Some 7,000 hectares of New Zealand are pest-free thanks to poison and strategic fencing, but "our ambition is that by 2050 every single part of New Zealand will be completely free of rats, stoats, and possums," Prime Minister John Key says, calling this the "most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world." Predator Free New Zealand—with a budget of $19.5 million per year, reports Time—will now boost pest control across the country. The hope is that technological advances will allow for at least one pest to be eradicated by 2025, reports Radio NZ. Critics fear the entire project could cost $6.2 billion, per the New Zealand Herald.