Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I acknowledge that lockdowns can be stressful for children and young people, so returning to some onsite learning will mean that they can reconnect with their teachers and with their friends. Starting this month, that provides certainty ahead of the Christmas break and before the new school year starts. Parents, caregivers, and teachers have been doing an incredible job, helping children to adapt and to learn online, and I want to thank them for that and acknowledge those school leaders and teachers, who'll be working hard from here to prepare for a different way of teaching and learning from 17 November. 