Hon PEENI HENARE: The introduction of the Government's new COVID-19 Protection Framework will increasingly rely on locally led responses to COVID-19 events. Māori COVID-19 vaccination rates need to increase within each DHB as we look to reach 90 percent coverage. Within this context, additional resources are needed to put extra efforts and incentives to our current approaches, led by our Māori leaders, providers, and community groups. As we've travelled across the country and my colleagues have heard first-hand experience from our communities, it is important that these extra funds go towards the COVID-19 efforts. Phase two of the Māori Communities COVID-19 Fund will support the efforts to increase Māori vaccination rates and empower Māori to prepare for and lead an effective and safe transition. The timing of this announcement is also important, because, as we have seen through the COVID-19 lockdowns across 2020 and 2021, Māori whānau and communities often also have compromised resilience due to enduring economic hardships.