The global COVID-19 pandemic has sent shockwaves around the entire world, and we are feeling these deeply here at home. 17 March now seems an age ago, when I announced in this House a $12.1 billion COVID-19 recovery package. At the time, this was one of the largest responses on the planet—some 4 percent of GDP. I said then it was only the beginning of our response, and today we take further steps in enabling New Zealanders, together, to respond, recover, and rebuild.