Hon JAN TINETTI: During New Zealand's peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a gap emerged between men's and women's unemployment rates. We have now closed that gap, and unemployment between men and women is equal. In real terms, that means in the March quarter there have been an additional 14,000 more women in work compared to the previous quarter. Pre - COVID-19, only 14 percent of apprenticeships were held by women, and just 3.2 percent of all building and construction apprenticeships were women. The Apprenticeship Boost has contributed to a 30 percent increase in women taking up apprenticeships during 2020. This is a Government that is committed to gender equality. The COVID-19 economic recovery plan, combined with the delivery of Budget 2021, demonstrates that.