Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development): I've recently received a report that since its inception, cadetships through Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK) have reached over 5,000 cadets. In 2021, TPK supported programmes for 1,287 cadets with 128 employers, more than double the previous year. Eight-six percent of participating employers were Māori owned, and we are seeing the programme reach a wider range of industry sectors than previously, including: healthcare and social assistance, 20 percent; and information, media and telecommunications, 12 percent. Over half of the cadets in 2021 were wāhine Māori, helping to tackle the disproportionate impact on wāhine from the economic shocks of COVID-19.