I think, though, what is most important about this year's Budget Policy Statement is the very first sentence in the forward by our Minister of Finance, the Hon Grant Robertson. This forward was written in December 2021, and I quote, "Budget 2022 is being written in the continuing shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world as countries seek to open up, a fourth wave of the virus is taking hold and the Omicron variant has emerged. In New Zealand we are managing our transition to a new framework to minimise the effects of COVID-19 and protect our population as vaccination rates increase and we seek to reduce restrictions."