Today I met with a Mana constituent who was based in London in March last year. He was a fit, young, 20-something Pacific Islander professional who really got sick. He woke up one night with fever and aches—he had COVID. He thought, initially, it was like a bad flu, but it actually got worse. Almost a year later, he is back in New Zealand and he is seeing a specialist for his new heart condition. He has long-haul COVID. He's also seeing a counsellor to help his mental wellbeing, as the impacts of watching those die around you in hospital while in the UK, while you do not have your family and your friends to support you, provide scars that cannot be seen. He has a message to his family and his friends and to those who are wary about the vaccines coming in the future. His message is: "Please take COVID seriously. We don't know how lucky we are in New Zealand."