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What was the total value of Kāinga Ora's overspend in 2024/25 for unbudgeted restructure related costs in People costs and how does that overspend figure breakdown by contractor fees, consultant fees, redundancy costs, legal fees and other costs?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What was the total value of Kāinga Ora's overspend in 2024/25 for unbudgeted restructure related costs in People costs and how does that overspend figure breakdown by contractor fees, consultant fees, redundancy costs, legal fees and other costs?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that the total overspend is $32.27M, including: Redundancy costs – $30.7M Contractor – $0.82M Consultant - $0.51M Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – $0.1M Expressions of Interest (EOI) and Selection tools – $84.8k Legal fee - $36.8K