Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): Yesterday, Cabinet confirmed that the whole country will move into the new traffic light system at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, 2 December, making next Friday the first day that the traffic light system will be operational in New Zealand. That's 10 days from now and it's important that everybody gets prepared. Members will be aware that we signalled that soon after the 29 November Cabinet meeting, the country would shift to the new framework. Setting this date now gives people, communities, and businesses time to prepare, to move safely and smoothly into the new traffic light system. The hard truth is that Delta is here and it isn't going away, but New Zealand is very well set to tackle that because of our high vaccination rates and the latest safety measures that we've put in place, including the traffic light system and the vaccine pass.