Hon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister for Building and Construction): Thank you, Mr Speaker. You know, in the midst of advice and theory and speculation, nobody really knew how this country would respond post COVID lockdowns. One sector that has done extraordinarily well—despite all of the issues that have befallen it—is the construction sector. The construction sector has gone to extraordinary lengths to build houses and to build infrastructure. It's with the proactive support of this Government that our construction sector has thrived in this environment. Those that we expected to be most impacted by COVID have been most impacted by COVID: Māori, Pacific, and women. And yet, in the construction sector with the use of the Construction Skills Action Plan and the partnership with the Construction Sector Accord, those groups in particular have been so well represented that the numbers of those Māori, Pacific, and women in the construction sector have increased.