From the very beginning, immigration has been working to keep New Zealanders safe, firstly by closing our borders and doing the work to maintain those border restrictions, and now also to provide support for New Zealand citizens and residents to be able to return home. I particularly want to acknowledge our border officials who have faced again a challenging and often rapidly changing environment to put in place restrictions, but also to manage the exceptions process to support those people who have valid reasons for being able to cross our border, to be able to do so. From the people working on policy changes to those front-line people making those decisions in real time—my very sincere thanks. 