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Further to his reply to Question 27984 (2026), was Kāinga Ora Chair, Simon Moutter’s 19 June 2024 letter to the then Chief Executive of Kāinga Ora a response to the Chief Executive’s statement in his letter of 14 May 2024 that “we need to agree on a process and compensation to extract me from this position”, if the Chief Executive did not receive a written retraction of Hon Nicola Willis and Hon Chris Bishops statements about him (including to all those at the meeting), a formal apology, and the development of “some clear standards and practices … to establish an appropriate working relationship” and if not, what prompted the Chair’s letter of 19 June 2024?

Answered Question 32151 (2026)
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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • Further to his reply to Question 27984 (2026), was Kāinga Ora Chair, Simon Moutter’s 19 June 2024 letter to the then Chief Executive of Kāinga Ora a response to the Chief Executive’s statement in his letter of 14 May 2024 that “we need to agree on a process and compensation to extract me from this position”, if the Chief Executive did not receive a written retraction of Hon Nicola Willis and Hon Chris Bishops statements about him (including to all those at the meeting), a formal apology, and the development of “some clear standards and practices … to establish an appropriate working relationship” and if not, what prompted the Chair’s letter of 19 June 2024?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

No. In relation to the second limb of the question, I refer the member to my response to WPQ 32152 (2026). Further the statements attributed to me were not made.