Hon JENNY SALESA (Minister for Building and Construction): Building the homes, schools, roads, rail, and hospitals that New Zealand needs requires a growing construction workforce. It's great that this coalition Government's work, together with industry, is delivering a growing construction workforce. From the figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Tertiary Education Commission, it shows that the building and construction workforce is growing larger and it's becoming more diverse. In fact, since we came in as a coalition Government two years ago, an additional 11,000 people have joined the construction sector—a huge increase—and it's proof that our plan is working. 