Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): A year ago today, I announced the first COVID emergency economic response package, and at the time I told the House that we would give our total commitment to protecting the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders. Our initial $12.1 billion economic response package included the wage subsidy, extra support for the health system, and the first phase of our economic recovery package. In that initial tranche, and also in the further support we gave—as a result, the wage subsidy has paid out $14 billion, helping to keep 1.8 million New Zealanders attached to their work. I said, at the time, that the package would be about cash flow and confidence, and that is what we have focused on in supporting New Zealand businesses and workers through COVID-19.