JO LUXTON (Labour—Rangitata): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's a pleasure to rise in response to the Prime Minister's statement this afternoon. I want to wish everyone a happy New Year and hope everyone has enjoyed their summer break, and the reason that we've been able to have such a lovely summer break is because of the collective efforts of everyone right across New Zealand. In particular, I want to take this opportunity just to acknowledge all of those who've been on our front line right through the last couple of years of this pandemic, of this time of disruption, and they are the health workers, they are the managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) workers, they are the essential workers—those people who work in our supermarkets, our police, our fire crews—all those people who have had to continue working on the front line throughout this time. Our rural sector, our primary sector, has been a sector that has really, really stood up to the challenge during these times and really carried this country through economically; so I really want to acknowledge them also.