Hon MICHAEL WOOD (Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety): Working New Zealanders on the minimum wage have now had over a month of receiving the new minimum wage rate of $20 per hour, which means at least a couple of pay packets in which they are receiving up to $44 additional per week for themselves and their families. Investing in our people is a key part of our economic recovery plan, and this measure is lifting the incomes of over 175,000 of our lowest-paid New Zealanders.