The thing is, as difficult as 2020 has been and as unpredictable as it will no doubt continue to be, it has also taught us some incredibly valuable lessons. The pandemic has shown us the importance of community, of looking out for one another, that we are only as strong individually as we are collectively, that COVID-19 has not created the cracks in our system but it has revealed them in the stark, harsh light of day. Right now, we're obviously dealing with the ongoing fallout of the pandemic, a second wave that we were warned about but which many had not expected, after weeks and weeks of living at level 1. My message to New Zealand, then, is that we will get through this, just as we have before, if we follow the medical advice backed by science, if we continue to push back on attempts to stir distrust in information, and if we look out for one another.