Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Government's providing additional support and credits for both Auckland and non-Auckland students. On 9 September, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority set these out for schools outside of Auckland who have had 16 days at alert levels 3 and 4. These students will be eligible to earn Learning Recognition credits at a rate of one Learning Recognition credit per five credits achieved through their regular assessments, up to a cap of eight for NCEA level 1 and six for levels 2 and 3. While the provisions for Auckland schools had previously been set on the basis of 20 days of disruption, I've today announced revised provisions to recognise the extended time these students are spending at alert levels 3 and 4. Auckland students will be entitled to one Learning Recognition credit for every four credits that they earn, rather than for every five, and the caps will be 16 Learning Recognition credits for level 1, and 12 at levels 2 and 3. That's twice as many as the other students around the country.