SpeechANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. It's a real pleasure to stand today to talk about what's happening in employment at the moment. As an employer in my private life but also as a member of the Labour Party I really want to just stand here and acknowledge the fact that 5000 people have entered into Mana in Mahi which really exceeds what we set as a target for this Government.I want to just talk a little bit about Mana in Mahi - Strength in Work that the Minister Willie Jackson talked to us about. I wanted to remind this House about what Mana in Mahi actually offers out there to not only the employer but also to the young person—or people—needing to work and how we actually work in partnership across community to support people into work.I think it's really important to do that because it's not just about throwing a thousand bucks at someone and going Mate stay in your job for a year." So this is actually the programme that we're providing: it's a work-to-learn programme it's formal skills into apprenticeship and it's a payment for pre-employment training they might need. There's a wage subsidy offset into that investment into their training and development and we can also help pay their fees.We find out what's going on we identify it and we look for further ways that we can help the employer keep that person in employment. It's so important to keep them in that employment. It's a partnership alongside the employer because we know and we recognise that it's not just about throwing someone at a job and expecting them to stay in that job.So the new employer has some abilities to access support as well because certainly while people are getting more and more used to working they perhaps have a cost to that business. We have to really acknowledge our employers who have come on board and stepped up and supported our young people and our working people and our older people into work.So they can get some support—in our apprenticeship programme up to $16000 which was $1000 a month for the first year and then $500 for the second year. Now it is changing from 1 August—the first year is $500 and the second year is $500. This is genuinely a way that we keep and help people stay in employment: the employer gets the support the employee gets the training; they train as they learn. And that is why we have record low unemployment in this country.We understand that it is not just one kind of programme. We understand that Mana in Mahi and He Poutama Rangatahi and the apprenticeship programmes—these are consistent programmes that work really well and for a series of people. Like my colleague Priyanca Radhakrishnan said we talk about a number of ways.In the time that I have left I just want to acknowledge a real pleasure that I had on Friday: opening a centre in Katikati community—a He Poutama Rangatahi community centre. It was based for employment. An incredible three years have gone into this programme to get it to where it was. Three years that community working alongside iwi working alongside the community the schools and young people to identify what the needs were for those young people in their community. It was a real pleasure to cut the ribbon—well metaphorically cut the ribbon I should say—with the Mayor of the Western Bay of Plenty and for the two of us to stand alongside there in partnership alongside that Katikati community to actually welcome the community into the space that would support those young people. This is a three-year project it is $2 million; it is designed specifically for the needs of the young people in Katikati based absolutely on what they have told the community services they need. It is absolutely full of support and the ability for those young people to hear and to be heard. And I appreciated that."