In the coming weeks, families, friends, and loved ones around Aotearoa will gather together to celebrate, to share meals, to reflect, and to remember. That we can do this when so many around the world cannot is, in no small part, thanks to all of those who made the COVID response so successful—from our nurses, our pharmacists, and our doctors to our farmers and our suppliers and our delivery drivers, our supermarket staff, our dairy owners—thank you. These challenges should remind us of the huge job that we have in the coming years to make things better for people all across Aotearoa. 