On public health, like every country New Zealand needs to strengthen its public health system. The threat of a global pandemic was always there, even if its specific form was unknowable. You know, on 24 April, the UK Guardian revealed that in 2019 UK Ministers were warned about a pandemic virus and its potential catastrophic social and economic consequences—the Cabinet was warned that even a mild pandemic could be disastrous—and it set out the need for capability to mitigate the risks to the UK and the potential damage of not doing so. That warning was not heeded, and the tragedy in their tens of thousands is to be seen today.