The committee was also, and is still, interested in how resources will be allocated to locality plans and also iwi Māori partnership boards alongside any ongoing role that primary health organisations and Whānau Ora may have with distribution of funding. The Health Committee heard the Minister acknowledge the extraordinary pressures that some hospitals are facing and cited innovative ways that the sector was trying to alleviate some of those pressures. On the health workforce development front, the Minister also advised the committee that Budget 2022 had a large emphasis on developing Māori and Pasifika workforces following the valuable role that they played as part of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, and he added that, as part of that response, Pacific and Māori providers had shown incredible leadership and that the provision of $49.9 million over four years would support Pacific, primary, and community care provider development.