But there are fundamental issues that we as a country need to address. In rural areas, people are isolated. The realities of farming and working on farms means that it is so much more difficult to access the help that they need. It can take so much longer. And isolation is not just geographical; isolation can be from technology as well, where those that live in larger urban centres, if they don't want to meet face to face, can contact someone through their mobile phone or the internet. Not everyone in rural communities have that, and I am encouraged by the principle that drove the policy decision from this Government to get rid of district health boards, which was that we need to eliminate the postcode lottery. It should not matter whether you live in Wellington, Auckland, Pōrangahau, or Eketāhuna, you should have the same level of access to the care that you need. I hope that when these changes come in, rural communities will be at the forefront, along with all other marginalised communities. 