Most New Zealanders support our aid to the Pacific programme during the good times and acknowledge the need for more support even now, but this report points out a sad reality for the Pacific. I quote: "Remittances are also expected to sharply reduce as the global economy contracts and unemployment increases." Workers who usually would travel from the Pacific Islands to New Zealand to pick apples, grapes, berries, and kiwifruit and send home money to their families and villages have had their incomes stopped by the Government's restrictions to immigration, even from countries without COVID. We must acknowledge the benefit that has been lost to our Pacific Island communities from these restrictions.