Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): I'm advised that the Apprenticeship Boost package, which provides employers with $1,000 per month for a first-year apprentice and $500 per month for a second-year apprentice, has been received extremely positively by businesses and industry groups. The CEO of the industry training organisation Competenz, Fiona Kingsford, said she was delighted. The Motor Industry Training Organisation's Janet Lane said she wholeheartedly applauded the unprecedented announcement, even going so far as to say the Government is showing leadership and significant goodwill to businesses taking on apprentices. While the Motor Trade Association's chief executive Craig Pomare said that it was "A great outcome for everyone."