However, New Zealanders are also proud of our values, we're proud of our democracy, and we're proud of our freedoms. We don't give up our freedoms lightly: our freedom of movement, our freedom of association, our freedoms to gather and meet with like-minded people, our freedom to start a business and to work hard to make a living, our freedom of religion and to worship or not to worship, our freedom to mourn the loss of a loved one. This bill cuts to the heart of those freedoms. Yes, we know that we must give up our freedoms in times of a national emergency to unite to achieve a common goal against a common enemy: COVID-19. We know that this may need to be done for a temporary period of time, but we don't give up those freedoms lightly and we don't give up those freedoms permanently. When we do give them up, we don't give them up without some level of proportionality. This bill, the COVID-19 Public Health Response Bill, is not a proportionate response to COVID-19 and the threat that it provides.