These are not the words I thought I would use to describe the Budget only a couple of months ago. There are many words and concepts that New Zealanders would have been surprised to hear themselves using in quite the way they are: bubble, physical distancing, PPE, contact tracing, "You're on mute, Damien.", level 4, level 3, and yes—as of today—level 2. Another word is "unprecedented". It is one we have heard and said almost daily. The lives of all New Zealanders have been affected to an extent none of us would have thought possible only a matter of months ago. It is also a word that we have to keep using. This pandemic has not finished; its health and economic stories are still being told. We can be very proud as a country of our health response, and it must go on.