Hon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health)): Yesterday, I announced $36 million of funding to respond to the needs of whānau Māori and Māori health providers to support their ongoing work to respond to COVID-19 and to continue their hard mahi towards increasing the rates of Māori vaccination. The funding will see $17 million to be allocated to help providers adapt their services to support the COVID-19 response while also maintaining their other essential health services; $14 million will help whānau access health services, medications, and hygiene products, and it will also help provide greater reach of vaccination, testing, and other health services to hard-to-reach areas; $3 million will strengthen the Māori psychosocial response, ensuring whānau have access to mental health and wellbeing services; and $2 million will ensure providers have sufficient funding to manage the long tail of this response, sustain their efforts, and help them prepare for the possibility of future outbreaks.