Hon PEENI HENARE (Minister of Defence): Thank you, Mr Speaker. In my answer to the first part of the question, yes. However, I acknowledge that the increased levels of attrition is a challenge for the defence force, and as I have met with my counterparts from around the world, they too are experiencing the same challenges. The defence force has played a critical role in keeping New Zealanders safe during Operation Protect throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the challenging nature of that deployment for our personnel. Now that the borders have opened and countries are slowly getting back to business as usual, I'm confident that we will see a corresponding lift in morale for our New Zealand Defence Force, as our people can get back to doing more of the overseas deployments that many have signed up for. In my recent travels around the country and in recent days at the Solomon Islands, I had the opportunity to speak with the contingent that I travelled with, and the morale was high. They told me that now that COVID-19 is in their rear-view mirror, they can now get back on with the mahi they look forward to and upcoming deployments. To answer the second part of the question, around what my plans are to resolve the attrition issue, my answer is that I'm keeping a close eye on these challenges, and there are a number of things under way. Through Budget 2022, we secured a significant uplift of $90 million for remuneration. It is my expectation that the focus of this remuneration package is on retaining people with critical skills and supporting our lower-paid defence force staff where required. We are seeing more training exercise opportunities coming up. For example, since the start of the year, we have had our defence force participate in training operations such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Operation Mahi Tahi, global security in Operation Tīeke, and capacity building through Tropic Twilight and combat training through Rim of the Pacific. In addition, this Government has made significant investments in our defence force after a decade of neglect under National and ACT. Since taking office, we have committed approximately $4.5 billion to 12 major defence capability projects, the—[Interruption] you might want to listen up—largest capability investment defence has ever received. This year, we get the first of our P-8A Poseidon arriving, and in the next few years, we will be seeing more of these capabilities coming online, which will in turn support our attrition challenge. All of these things will contribute to keeping our personnel feeling engaged, supported, and in the defence force.