Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): In answer to the last part of the question, in terms of protection from the Delta variant, yes it does protect us from the Delta variant. Vaccination protects us very well from all the variants of the virus. There's some questions about whether the Delta variant has an impact on the overall level of effectiveness, but it would be at the margins. The vaccines are still proving to be very effective, and particularly the Pfizer vaccines—the mRNA vaccines—are still proving to be very effective against the variants of the virus. In terms of the overall rates of Māori and Pacific vaccination, and why we are seeing them sitting at around that 9 percent mark when the proportion of the population is higher, it is because of the age profile of Māori and Pacific New Zealanders—they're a younger population. As I've said before, I don't think any of us should feel particularly proud of the fact that Māori and Pacific people don't live as long as other New Zealanders. That is something that our health system as a whole needs to grapple with.