00:00I am appointing the Assistant Chief of Defence, Air Commodore Digby Webb, to oversee all
00:08quarantine and managed isolation facilities, including the processes around the exit of
00:15those who have been in these facilities.
00:18Our borders and the controls at our borders must be rigorous.
00:22They must be disciplined and they must have the confidence of ministers and all of you
00:29– New Zealanders who got us here.
00:32Our efforts to date to beat the virus have been extraordinary.
00:37However, there is no room for error, even if it is human error.
00:42It is totally unacceptable that procedures we were advised were in place were not.
00:48Our job is now to fix that and that is exactly what I intend to do.
00:53I cannot allow the gains we have all made to be squandered by processes not being upheld.
01:01Throughout COVID-19, there has been pressure from many corners, including the courts, to
01:08relax the rules around compassionate exemptions.
01:11This case has proven our need for caution.
01:15While it may be a hard and unpopular position to take, it is the right one for our country.
01:23The case of you mobility has been essentially Wha-
01:23I saw the valley, which I have to accentuate before this slide
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