We have been able to reunite families, support key industries, restart our refugee settlement, and keep our critical public services running during what was, and is, a global pandemic. You only need to look internationally to see how different countries responded to the pandemic and how much New Zealand stands out. But I do acknowledge that this has had a large impact on many people, causing difficulties for families trying to reunite, for our offshore non-resident partners of New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, for workers and students stuck overseas, and others, as is evident from the many petitions we have received and from the many stories that we heard from you and you shared with us also today. The consequences of the actions taken to keep New Zealand safe, the decision to close the borders and to protect New Zealand communities from COVID-19, caused real difficulty and heartache for people. But there is a lot of work being done to get people into New Zealand and through managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ), as well as the many thousands of border exceptions that are being worked through.