Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: BDO's third annual Māori Business Sector Report found that businesses in the Māori economy are confident about their future. It reported that 96 percent of Māori business owners are confident of success in the next 12 months despite the pandemic. The report confirmed the ongoing and uneven impact of COVID, but it showed that Māori businesses have also come through the year finding new ways to adapt and rise to the challenges they face in delivering gains for whānau and community. The reports show that they remain confident in assessing a changing environment and setting their sights on growth. Nevertheless, the environment in this business area remains challenging and the Government continues its Budget goal of lifting the incomes, skills, and opportunities for Māori and, indeed, all New Zealanders now and into the future.