MARJA LUBECK (Labour): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. New Zealand in 2019 was the first country to deliver a Wellbeing Budget, and it's that emphasis on wellbeing that has put us in a really good position to counter the challenges that COVID has thrown our way head on, unlike many other countries. At the start of this month, the world had a devastating headline: 5 million people perished. That's pretty much the whole population of New Zealand. And while many countries are going through their fourth and a fifth wave or even have had continuous waves, in New Zealand we've had one of the lowest, if not the lowest, rates of hospitalisation and death and, compared to many other countries, we've had relatively more freedoms for much longer times as well. So, by going hard and by going early, New Zealand has had the best opportunity to minimise the effects of the global pandemic and save people from effects on their livelihoods and, ultimately, save lives.