RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH (Green): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise reflecting and thankful about the collective effort so many people in the community have undergone to protect us from the pandemic. I'm also thankful for my parliamentary colleagues from Labour, Te Paati Māori, and the Greens who resisted the consistent right-wing "let it rip" approach to managing the pandemic, which would have seen a devastating loss of life. 