Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL: Budget 2020 included the largest ever funding boost for primary maternity services. The Government invested $242 million over four years so maternity service providers, mothers, and their babies can receive more support. In the last year, we've expanded the maternity quality and safety programme in every DHB, we have updated national maternity clinical guidance and invested in information technology system improvements, and we have put $6 million into Te Ara ō Hine, an initiative designed to help attract and retain more Māori and Pasifika midwives into the profession by better supporting students in their studies. There is more work to do to strengthen our maternity services, but we are laying the foundations of a better future. 