Hon MICHAEL WOOD: There's no doubt that New Zealand, like other countries, is facing challenges in filling skill gaps in some key industries, brought about as a result of the global pandemic and low unemployment, and also as a result of past under-investment in skills training and an overreliance on low-paid migrant labour over recent decades. Through the immigration rebalance, we've carefully designed a system that provides pathways to residence for a range of critical roles, while simplifying and streamlining settings, and ensuring that wages and working conditions for migrant workers are decent and fair. This is a Government that's focused on lifting wages and conditions for all workers and, in doing so, making New Zealand a more attractive destination to live and work. 