- Questions published
- Reply lodged
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
Questions
-
9076
What was the average number of days a Kāinga Ora property was vacant between successive tenancies for each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office?
-
9077
What was the breakdown of long-term vacant Kāinga Ora properties by reason for vacancy (awaiting repair or maintenance, scheduled for demolition, tenancy dispute or legal proceedings, scheduled for sale, awaiting new tenant, or other) at the last day of each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office?
Original response/referral lodged:
-
9078
How many Kāinga Ora properties were classified as long-term vacant at the last day of each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office?
Original response/referral lodged:
-
9079
How many Kāinga Ora properties had been removed from active service — that is, taken offline and unavailable for tenanting — at the last day of each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office and by the reason for removal from service (awaiting repair or maintenance, scheduled for demolition, subject to legal or tenancy proceedings, or other)?
Original response/referral lodged:
-
9080
How many Kāinga Ora properties were classified as short-term vacant at the last day of each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office?
Original response/referral lodged:
-
9081
How many properties were removed from Kāinga Ora's managed stock each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office and by the reason for removal (sale, demolition, disposal, transfer out, or other)?
Original response/referral lodged:
Show the remaining 2 questions
-
9082
How many properties were added to Kāinga Ora's managed stock each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office and by the reason for addition (new build completed, acquisition from private market, transfer in from another owner, or other)?
Original response/referral lodged:
-
9083
How many properties were managed by Kāinga Ora at the last day of each calendar month since January 2020, broken down by regional office and by tenancy type (income-related rent, market rent, transitional housing, and any other category used by Kāinga Ora)?
Original response/referral lodged:
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Answer
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities publishes a quarterly report and additional quarterly statistics which both include information on unoccupied properties. The attached document has some of the unoccupied property statistics relating to the latest quarter ending 31 December 2025. I can also advise that the overall time from vacant to let is 22.9 days for the current financial year to 31 December 2025. Undertaking the detailed analysis requested would require substantial manual work. This would not be a good use of public resources, particularly when Kāinga Ora already publishes vacancy information on a regular basis. Kāinga Ora advises me that, in due course, it will publish the Quarterly report for the latest quarter at: https://www.kaingaora.govt.nz/en_NZ/publications/core-publications/annual-report/quarterly-report/ The full quarterly statistics report for this period is on its website at: https://www.kaingaora.govt.nz/en_NZ/publications/oia-and-proactive-releases/housing-statistics/. This is also my response to written questions 9077 to 9083 (2026)
Answer attachment
application/pdf · 255,679 bytes