Hon JAN TINETTI: Phase one of the period products initiative involved a pilot programme with 15 schools in the Waikato region: 3,200 students have so far received free period products. We learnt that choice in the types of period products made available and the way they access them is important to young people. Yesterday, I heard from a group of high school - aged young women that prior to the period product initiative, periods in their school were stigmatised. The initiative has encouraged more open conversations in schools and communities about menstrual health with both young women and men. 