Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): The jobs market is working for young people. Stats New Zealand's employment indicators for June show that by age group, the largest increase in the number of filled jobs was in the 15- to 19-year age group, up 16.9 percent in the year ended June 2022. As measured by the Household Labour Force Survey in the June quarter, the unadjusted number of young people aged 15 to 19 who were in employment increased by 13,500, or 11.1 percent over the year. The investment that this Government is making in skills and training through programmes like Mana in Mahi, Flexi-wage, and He Poutama Rangatahi, as well as the initiatives to reduce barriers to help New Zealanders, for example, obtain their drivers licences, is supporting young people into work and improving their employment outcomes.