Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development and Employment): Last week I announced the first set of appointments for the permanent Regional Skills Leadership Groups (RSLGs). The first step in setting up the groups was to appoint an iwi Māori co-chair and a co-chair selected through an expression of interest process for each region. By mid-August, the co-chairs will be joined by regional stakeholders from iwi, Māori, businesses, unions, and their communities to form the membership of the groups. They will continue the work of the interim groups to identify and support better ways of meeting future skills and workforce needs for each region. This is an important strategic initiative: Government working with the leaders in our regions to address the regional labour force needs.