It's important we take a moment to reflect on the last eight weeks. A lot of our response has gone incredibly well. New Zealanders have self-isolated and social-distanced, and sacrificed. We have flattened the curve. But just having a low number of COVID-19 cases isn't success when we have tens of thousands of people out of work, and more coming. Figures from the Reserve Bank yesterday estimated that there will be 150,000 job losses over the next six months, and this Budget puts it at 160,000. 