Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): The jobs market is continuing to show its resilience. The SEEK New Zealand Employment Report rebounded 1.3 percent in July following the previous month's 5.3 percent decline, and it's up 28 percent for the year. BNZ's economist said it's too early to say that job ads have peaked as monthly figures do tend to be volatile, but the trend measure eased for the first time since September last year in the wake of the Delta outbreak. We know that some sectors and businesses are facing worker shortages, and in response, we are continuing to invest heavily in skills and training programmes such as Mana in Mahi, Flexi-wage and He Poutama Rangatahi, while making it easier at the same time to attract overseas workers to get the skills we need. Over 7,917 businesses have received accreditation to employ migrants since the scheme opened in late May.