Additional funding for the Pacific organisational development initiative. We are working with regional communities to develop the highest priorities for development and facilitating those projects in partnership with local communities. To make New Zealand stronger, we need to make the regions stronger. New Zealand's economic success depends on our ability to foster and harness creative and intellectual capabilities. The Government is playing its part by investing in science, research and technology.
Higher incomes depend on higher skills.
The Government is investing in Modern Apprenticeships, industry training, tertiary education and a range of schemes that provide skills and opportunities for the unemployed. These initiatives will help to improve opportunities and incomes of young New Zealanders and provide employers with skilled staff. Specific programmes to support the social and economic development of Maori and Pacific peoples will help to close the gaps by developing capacity and realising potential.