9. Question No. 9—Māori DevelopmentARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa) to the Minister for Māori DevelopmentQuestion No. 9—Māori Development9. ARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa) to the Minister for Māori Development: Fakaalofa lahi atu. How has the Government supported Māori into employment and training?Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development): Through TPK—Te Puni Kōkiri—this Government has invested funding into employment and training programmes that are providing a by Māori for Māori approach grounded in values of rangatiratanga and kotahitanga. These investments include the cadetships Pae Aronui Taiohi Ararau—programmes which support Māori from all walks of life to lift their qualifications and gain employment.Arena Williams: How is the cadetship programme making a difference for Māori in employment and training?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Our cadetship programme has been operating for just over 10 years and in that time it has supported thousands of Māori kaimahi to improve their skills wellbeing employability and earnings. We know from monitoring and evaluation just how successful the cadets programme is. It benefits businesses employees and communities. Our 2021 survey of employers showed that 90 percent of cadets were employed at the same organisation; 88 percent received a pay rise; 58 percent received a promotion within their organisation; and 94 percent believed the programme had prepared them for their long-term careers. In 2021 we supported over 1300 cadets—and more than 100 employers—to gain work experience and improve formal and informal skills and increase their employability. Arena Williams: How is Pae Aronui making a difference for rangatahi Māori and employment and training?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Pae Aronui is a programme to test innovative approaches to support rangatahi needs to achieve employment education and training outcomes in line with our aspirations. Over the past three years Pae Aronui has been running a total of 749 places which were funded for rangatahi; 706 or 94 percent completed their one-year programmes; and 637 or 85 percent of participants achieved employment and/or educated-related programmes.Arena Williams: How is Taiohi Ararau making a difference for Māori in employment and training?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Thank you for that question. Taiohi Ararau is a programme supporting Taiohi needs to obtain their essential documents. This is really important—for example their birth certificate driver's licence IRD number and bank account. This is a key step on their pathway towards education employment and training.Hon Paul Goldsmith: This is boring.Hon WILLIE JACKSON: From the ongoing—I know this is boring for the Opposition—sad. But from the ongoing programmes in the North which began in 2022 reporting shows that out of 168 participants so far 49 have achieved employment outcomes five have moved into training nine have moved into education 78 have achieved the birth certificate. Some wonderful results.Arena Williams: How is the Government committed to the ongoing success of these programmes?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Thank you for the question. In Budget 2022 this Government has committed to the ongoing success of these programmes. Cadetship funding was baseline from $4.5 million to over $11.5 million in future years which shows our continuing support for Māori into sustainable employment and training. An additional $7 million per annum was provided to extend the Pae Aronui programme for an additional two years and to expand into further regions to continue to test different innovative approaches. And an additional $1 million per annum was provided for two years to expand the Taiohi Ararau programme to test approaches for Taiohi need in additional regions and high-needs areas. This Government is doing so well with Māori at the moment.