Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister of Employment): Tuatahi, tika me mihi ki a koe to that member. I congratulate him on his position. The first part of our response was to support workers and small-business owners to keep people connected to their employment: over $10 billion in wage subsidies to over 1.6 million Kiwis and more than $890 million in small-business loans to over 52,000 businesses to help with cash flow. We were in a strong position, in terms of employment, as we went into COVID19, with the lowest general and Māori unemployment rates in a decade. We must protect those gains as much as possible. As part of our response, I have direct oversight of five critical programmes that will help people, particularly young people and Māori, find jobs, learn new skills, and tackle other barriers in terms of employment. We're expanding He Poutama Rangatahi, our community-driven employment programme; we're investing in Māori apprenticeships, Māori trades training; we're strengthening our jobs and skills hubs in Auckland; we're working with and listening directly to our communities by establishing regional skills leadership groups; and we're expanding the very successful Mana in Mahi.