I have paid recognition to front-line Government workers, such as police, but I'd like to acknowledge teachers as well. As I send my kids off to school each day in times when numbers are increasing in terms of cases, they go into a calm, caring, and well-planned-out environment every single day. I'm hugely grateful as a parent for the effort that our teachers are doing every single day to put the best interests of our children forward. In order to do that, we want to be able to protect our school workforce by making medical-grade masks freely available. One of the best things we can do to keep front-line staff and students safe is to isolate—we know that—and that's why positive cases are at home along with their family members. However, we also recognise that there is a need for rapid antigen testing (RAT), and that is why the Ministry of Education is ensuring that all of its regional officers have a supply of RATs on hand for schools and early learning services to access as needed. There are almost 700,000 RAT kits available for schools and early learning services. 