Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development and Employment): Recently, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) partnered with the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to help build the workforce needed for the construction of Taranaki Base Hospital. Project Maunga Stage Two is the continuation of the Taranaki Base Hospital redevelopment and will see the continuation of the new east wing, a six-storey building housing many of the hospital's acute services. The collaboration between MSD, MBIE, and WITT sees MSD helping to coordinate recruitment, training and upskilling, and engaging with local education organisations, providing support for site workers, and connecting with iwi groups and industry. This is a meaningful collaboration and one which maximises the number of jobs locally for people who are out of work or haven't been given that opportunity to work.