I do not believe, as the National Party have argued, that New Zealanders are suffering from Stockholm syndrome—as argued by the National Party health spokesperson, Michael Woodhouse. I do not believe that New Zealanders took this action and made the sacrifices they made because they somehow felt manipulated into it. I believe that New Zealanders did that because they saw how serious the situation was—because they saw what kind of impact COVID-19 could have had on New Zealand. They saw how our health system could have been overrun, how thousands of our fellow Kiwis could have lost their lives, and New Zealanders agreed, New Zealanders took action willingly, because we didn't want to see that happen here in New Zealand. It was a very selfless act on the part of New Zealanders. 