Earlier this term we recorded our largest outbreak of COVID. At that time around 8% of our students were COVID positive at once. If you convert that to a national scale that would be equivalent to 400,000 cases. As a result, we made the difficult decision to go online for two days and reintroduce masks. While we appreciate the challenges that masks present, we are delighted to report that our current positive cases have dropped to zero. We want to express our considerable thanks to all students and staff for their commitment to keeping one another safe. We also wish to acknowledge all those families who have lost loved ones to COVID and COVID-related illness - may the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace and rise in glory. Aroha nui ki a koutou, COVID Response Team