Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: More good news. Business New Zealand has said that the Apprenticeship Boost had, and I quote, "turbo charged" an uptake in the number of people entering trades at the time of skill shortages, adding on to that: "The scheme has worked. We've seen tens of thousands of people entering apprenticeships, up 55 percent … [on] the levels [that we] were up to previously." Another very positive comment from the Motor Trade Association, who called it "brilliant news for the automotive industry", and the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation said that the Apprenticeship Boost was "essential for the training of the skilled pipeline of workers needed in the building and construction industry." 