Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: It certainly is a priority, and I want to thank the local government sector for working with us during this COVID period in setting up a response unit made up of Local Government New Zealand and the Society of Local Government Managers in order to respond in an agile way to the everyday issues that councils were facing as they were working their way through this particular period. I also want to thank the civil defence emergency management response and the essential workers who have made sure that things have continued to happen while councils are dealing with the forecast challenges that are coming up during the recovery period.