Hon ANDREW LITTLE: I advised the House, in answer to a question from Dr Shane Reti, that as at 31 March 2022 there were 310 fulltime-equivalent vacancies from midwives and 2,663 fulltime-equivalent vacancies for nurses in the public health system. I've received advice from the Ministry of Health that the vacancy numbers in relation to midwives should have been 374, and for nurses should have been 2,593.