Hon AUPITO WILLIAM SIO (Minister for Pacific Peoples): The latest provisional figures to 30 June show that the Tupu Aotearoa programme has supported more than 1,000 Pacific people into employment in the last six months, and over 1,400 Pacific people have transitioned into training to gain qualifications over the last 12 months. To date, the ministry has 16 Tupu Aotearoa providers servicing Pacific clients from Northland to Invercargill, and it is the ministry's goal to place at least 2,400 Pacific people into work or in training by the end of June 2023. Tupu Aotearoa continues to transform the lives of Pacific aiga, kāinga, kopu tangata, whānau, and families with more training and employment opportunities. 