We are one of the only countries in the developed world that is on track to eliminate COVID-19, and we all owe gratitude to each other, and, in particular, to those in our communities who are our essential workers: our supermarket workers, our food producers and transporters, our police, our civil defence workers, our cleaners, our healthcare workers, our ambulance operators, the gas station workers, our Whānau Ora providers, our volunteers who are out shopping for our elderly, and the NGOs who are looking after our most vulnerable. To those people that have had to front up every single day in the media stand-ups, the gallery journalists asking questions on behalf of New Zealanders, and to our most senior and trusted public servants, and, most notably, the ever-present leadership from Dr Ashley Bloomfield, on behalf of all New Zealanders, we owe you a note of gratitude, and we thank you.