[4] Parekura Horomia (a Department of Labour Supervisor)[1] led work gangs throughout the East Coast on a variety of community enhancement projects ranging from chopping and providing firewood for older people to marae renovation projects.
[5] Fourteen Artists' Co-op employees worked to renovate an empty Dalgety wool store in Wellington creating an arts centre and also contributed drawing, performances and music to Summer '79.
[6] Film and theatre people Miranda Harcourt, Colin McColl, Phillipa Boyens and Juliet Dowling (producer of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 2023) all were employed or involved as they were starting out on a PEP scheme.
[7] A summer performance was programmed for musicians Shona Laing and Andy Drey in 1983 in Wellington paid through the PEP scheme.
[9] Academic Martin O'Connor identified the 'ideological function of PEP' as being used by the government to present information about employment.