Hon AUPITO WILLIAM SIO: In 2016, Counties Manukau had a Pacific population comprising 21 percent of the local population, but just 11 percent of its staff identified as Pacific. For this reason, we are growing our Pacific health workforce with investment to build on the successes we've had in responding to COVID-19, and this in turn will help transition Pacific people from COVID-19 roles to day-to-day roles in the health system on other primary healthcare priorities. We're taking their learnt experiences on the ground during a global pandemic and pivoting those to new roles in the health sector, capturing their cultural capital and cultural intelligence and ensuing it continues to achieve better positive health outcomes for Pacific people, which will in turn lift better outcomes for the rest of New Zealand.