Hon JENNY SALESA (Minister for Ethnic Communities): I stand by my full statement that the Government is committed to the wellbeing of New Zealand's ethnic communities and we are providing ongoing support to our Muslim families and brothers and sisters in the wake of the 15 March terror attacks. I'm proud that as a Government, we have made an eightfold increase in the Ethnic Communities Development Fund, to $4.2 million per year, for direct funding of community groups; driven the largest expansion of the Office of Ethnic Communities in its history to ensure the Government works on the ground right alongside our ethnic communities; provided around $1.4 million immediately after the March 15 attacks to Muslim community groups and projects, activities that built connections for Muslim and non-Muslim communities through the Ethnic Communities Development Fund; co-hosted, with the Prime Minister, imams and Muslim leaders from all mosques across Aotearoa New Zealand; personally hosted 12 dialogues with Muslim women and Muslim youth and community leaders across New Zealand to develop a plan to address their key concerns; worked to deliver an employment action plan for ethnic communities, which includes tackling barriers to employment for ethnic communities; co-hosted with the Prime Minister a meeting with faith and interfaith leaders in Auckland. I also hosted four faith and interfaith hui in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin to discuss ways of improving social inclusion, attended by over 300—