Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): Thank you, Mr Speaker. As I take a call in support of the Prime Minister's statement and in opposition to the amendment to the associated motion from the Opposition, it's quite pleasing to me as I've listened to a number of contributions that there is widespread recognition that, as a country, we have done very, very well with what is the greatest challenge that we are currently facing, which is COVID. I think it's been an outstanding response from New Zealanders that has enabled that. Yes, it's been coordinated by the Government, but notwithstanding the protests from a very small proportion of our population that we see outside, there has been a unified response from the people of New Zealand that has enabled us to overcome the pandemic in the way that we have until now.