We are now entering and we are now well into a new phase in our response to COVID-19. It is a very different phase to the one that we were in two years ago, when we were introducing restrictions, when we were stamping out the virus. There are now tools available to us that there weren't two years ago. In New Zealand, we have one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. I want to acknowledge that: 97 percent of eligible adult New Zealanders have received at least one dose of vaccination; 95 percent have received their second; 70 percent of eligible New Zealanders, as of today, have received a booster dose; 51 percent of children who are eligible have received at least one dose of vaccination. The result is that that's changing the dynamic. We're now dealing with Omicron, a variant that whilst it spreads faster, it is more transmissible. It is resulting in fewer people in hospital and fewer people having those severe responses to it. 