Every one of us in this House, and those of us who are unfortunately absent today, hoped that, by now, we would be out in our communities up and down the country, knocking on doors, attending local meetings, talking to people about our plans for the future and our recovery for the country. Facing a second wave of community transmission was not in the plan, but it was always a probability that we had to be open to. We did prepare for it and we are ready to work through it, together with the rest of New Zealand. I can say that with some confidence, because when the original outbreak happened, we had nothing in place for regional lockdowns, like we have at the moment; nothing like the ability to track and trace, like we have at the moment; nothing like the genetic testing that is able to work out the boundaries of particular chains of transmission and whether they relate to each other or not. 