The proposals in this paper deliver on the Government's priority of accelerating progress in reducing pay gaps faced by women—and especially women who identify as Māori and Pasifika—through achievement of increasing pay rates. Recently, in Hamilton, I caught up with support workers in my electorate, along with E tū union representatives, and I heard from them the difference the principal Act has made in their lives in being able to afford their own flats and being able to afford fuel, food costs—all those important necessities of life.