Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: If the member is suggesting that after day two of putting Auckland into restrictions we would then make announcements that in December the border that had been established would be removed, I don't think anyone would suggest that that would have been feasible or sensible. We have maintained the boundary for this period of time because it has slowed the spread of COVID. It has enabled us to keep the rest of the country as safe as possible whilst vaccination rates have continued to increase. The fact that at the time when Delta arrived in New Zealand, full vaccination rates were sitting in the mid-20s and are now over 80 percent demonstrates the speed at which we have all moved. But now is the time to transition. Aucklanders do need to be able to move safely. This plan allows them to. 