10. Question No. 10—Māori DevelopmentTĀMATI COFFEY (Labour) to the Minister for Māori DevelopmentQuestion No. 10—Māori Development10. TĀMATI COFFEY (Labour) to the Minister for Māori Development: What recent reports has he seen on education and employment outcomes for rangatahi Māori? Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development): I received the report on the outcomes from the first year of our rangatahi—that's our young people's education and employment programme Pae Aronui. Pae Aronui is our NEET programme delivered through Te Puni Kōkiri and tests an innovative approach that improves education and employment outcomes for rangatahi Māori not in education employment or training. Our year-end reporting is now available and we've had 302 rangatahi recruited and engaged through Pae Aronui: 235 rangatahi completed their programme 141 achieved an employment outcome and 94 re-engaged with the education system. Pae Aronui has a 77 percent success rate of linking rangatahi Māori into employment education or training. Tāmati Coffey: How does Pae Aronui assist rangatahi Māori to achieve employment and education outcomes? Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Pae Aronui was able to assist rangatahi to achieve employment and education outcomes through a flexible approach that allowed providers to go the extra mile. Examples of innovation include a housing-first approach that supported rangatahi presenting with homelessness and unsafe housing situations; providing real industry skills and training which rangatahi could add to their CV; essential needs first ensuring rangatahi health food and basic needs were met so they could focus on achieving their education and employment goals; and a whānau-centred approach that enabled whānau to participate and support young people on their journey—Hon David Bennett: Just reading answers. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: I'm sorry you don't understand that Bennett but never mind. Tāmati Coffey: What solutions did providers take to keep rangatahi engaged in Pae Aronui during COVID-19 alert level changes? Hon WILLIE JACKSON: The flexibility of Pae Aronui allowed our organisations to pivot and provide targeted one-on-one support through the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples are: using social media to engage young people and ensure that they did not become socially isolated and could still connect to opportunities; food and essential items ensuring essential needs such as food were met during the lockdown period; and supporting connections to employment providing a link to employment opportunities. Rōpū worked tirelessly to—SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! The member will resume his seat. I know I've been one of the members who have been encouraging this Minister to be a little bit more scripted and focused. That is not an invitation to have very long answers which I could tell was causing trouble with the focus of the two members to his left. David Seymour: Point of order Mr Speaker. Previous Speakers have ruled against members reading speeches. Does that apply to Ministers reading answers? SPEAKER: The answer is that there's an expectation that for short answers and easy answers the Ministers will be able to do it. I—Hon David Bennett: Willie has to read everything though. SPEAKER: Who was that? Hon David Bennett: Me. SPEAKER: Stand withdraw and apologise. Hon David Bennett: I withdraw and apologise. SPEAKER: No stand up properly. Hon David Bennett: I withdraw and apologise. SPEAKER: The member will now stand withdraw and apologise properly. Hon David Bennett: I withdraw and apologise. SPEAKER: The point—[Interruption] No sorry. I'm just going to complete the point and that is that there is not a prohibition on Ministers reading their answers. In some cases the member will find it highly desirable that they do where there are facts in them. But I'd tend to say that if there's a point of balance somewhere between the Minister's previous behaviour and that answer would get it about right. Tāmati Coffey: Why has Pae Aronui been so successful for rangatahi Māori? Hon WILLIE JACKSON: That's because this Government has done such a wonderful job over the last three years in supporting—Hon Member: Go back to reading. Hon WILLIE JACKSON: —no no I'm not going back to it—young people. There's been a real targeted approach particularly in terms of Māori. We've had wonderful Ministers like Minister Sepuloni and Minister Williams who are taking a targeted approach something the previous Government never ever did—forgot about young people forgot about Māori forgot about the whole country. And in terms of Pae Aronui it has all—SPEAKER: OK OK the member has answered the—Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Go back to the script or—SPEAKER: The member might just be looking at his notes now but he's too late. Sit down.