Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I stand by them because this Government is absolutely committed to ensuring that kids get the educational opportunities that they deserve. We did inherit a downward trend in student attendance. COVID-19 last year, 2020, did exacerbate that. The figure that the member particularly quoted was the term 4 figure last year. The biggest contributor to the increase in term 4 non-attendance last year was justified absence due to illness. Families were taking heed of the Government's request to keep their kids home if they were sick.