TEANAU TUIONO (Green): E tū ana mātou ngā Kākāriki ki te tautoko i tēnei o ngā pire. The Greens are standing to support this bill amending the Education and Training Act 2020 to clarify the education Minister's power to set conditions for funding and to fulfil its Budget 2021 decision to unlock funding by $170 million to employers who opt into higher funding levels and agree to pay their teachers at least parity with the first six steps of the kindergartens' collective agreement, and we welcome that.