Hon JAN TINETTI: While the Māori, Pacific, and Asian pay gaps have also narrowed, there are still clearly great inequities for these women. The pay gap for Māori has narrowed in the last year from 9.3 percent to 8.3 percent, the pay gap for Pasifika has fallen from 19.5 percent to 17.9 percent, and the Asian pay gap has come down from 12.8 percent to 11.6 percent, but more work is needed on the ethnic imbalance to close the pay gap. This is why I've launched Kia Toipoto, a three-year action plan to tackle gender and ethnic pay gaps, and Te Orowaru, a new pay equity work assessment tool that helps recognise the value of cultural skills in work, including te reo Māori. These two initiatives will support the Public Service to continue to close the gender pay gap and to accelerate gains for Māori, Pacific, and ethnic communities.