Hon AUPITO WILLIAM SIO (Associate Minister of Education (Pacific Peoples)): Meitaki maata e te Vaa Tuatua. As we celebrate te 'Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani, I look to the Cook Islands proverb which says, "E 'ama rāi to te vaka"—the vaka cannot sail the ocean without the ama to give it balance, working together to carry us all on that vaka across the moana to new horizons. This Cook Islands proverb underpins the work of this Government and the Pacific Languages Strategy. It paints the picture of sailing together, bound together, and one outrigger providing balance to the other, describing the work done by Government to support Pacific languages in Aotearoa, with the Minister of Education working alongside the Minister for Pacific Peoples, Pacific educators and learners, and Pacific communities, and why this Government in Budget 2022 has invested $13 million to support the growth of the Pacific bilingual and immersion schooling workforce and the retention of the current workforce.