Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: —and all of the sacrifices, socially, personally, and economically that New Zealanders have made would have been in vain, because we would find ourselves back in the position that we would have been in if we hadn't gone into lockdown in the first place. We need only look around the rest of the world to see what the consequences of that are: thousands of people dying, lockdowns where there is seemingly no end in sight, which is what other countries around the world are facing. New Zealanders can all be incredibly proud of what we have achieved as a country over the last seven weeks. Dare I say it, seven weeks ago, when we stood in this House and we debated whether or not to have the lockdown, Simon Bridges was right. He was right when he said better to be cautious than have regrets later on if we don't go hard enough early on. We are in the same position now. Level 2 is about making sure that all of the gains that we have made don't disappear with a spike in cases.