Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): Thank you, Mr Speaker. As of last Friday, with case numbers growing, New Zealand's moved to phase 3 of our Omicron response plan. These changes are intended to help ease the pressure on our testing and contact tracing systems as case numbers increase over the coming weeks, while also helping to ensure that critical services and supply chains remain operational and our economy can keep moving. There's no doubt that the next few weeks are going to be quite challenging, but New Zealand is better positioned than most countries to respond to Omicron. What we're seeing with case numbers is what we've expected to see; we just need to stick to the plan as we manage higher case numbers in the coming weeks before we do reach that peak.