Hon DAMIEN O'CONNOR (Minister of Agriculture): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's indeed an honour to speak for the first time this parliamentary year and to support the Prime Minister's statement. The most important question, the one asked by the youngest New Zealanders, the children, is: "Why?" I've always believed that that is the most important question they ask and we should ask always. There have been, over the last couple of years here, in facing the COVID challenges, thousands of decisions made by my colleagues, often shared with members of the Opposition—a heads-up on these things. They are hard decisions and the question of "Why?" is a reasonable one that everyone should ask about those decisions. 