Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): The Government's trades and apprenticeships training package will pay the cost of learners of all ages to undertake vocational education and training over the next 2½ years. The initial set of targeted areas that will qualify for this support, starting on 1 July this year and for the rest of 2020, include primary industries, building and construction, community support, manufacturing, mechanical engineering and technology, electrical engineering, and road transport. Further details are available on the Tertiary Education Commission website. Circumstances dictated that we needed to move fast, so for the beginning of 2021, we'll be refining these initial targeted areas to reflect the work that's under way across Government to better understand how industry workforce needs are being affected by COVID-19 and what skills will be needed to support the country's economic recovery.