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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
None.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
As Minister of Housing I took the following paper to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 April 2026: • Auckland Light Rail Limited: Reappointments - 28 April 2026 The titles of an additional two papers have been withheld in accordance…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, additional Community Housing Provider public homes were delivered since 1 July 2025 and how many, if any, of those homes were newly built homes?
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
This information is publicly available on the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development website at: - https://www.hud.govt.nz/stats-and-insights/the-government-housing-dashboard/social-housing
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 55045 (2025), did the briefing he received from Kāinga Ora in March 2025 recommend transferring $26.9 million of IAF funding from the stormwater project to the City Link Bridge, or did…
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the publicly available copy of the advice, which can be found on Kāinga Ora’s website:…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 55045 (2025), does he accept that the funding shortfall for the City Link Bridge that prompted Hutt City Council's variation request arose as a result of changes to the walking and…
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
The City Link Bridge project received funding from the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund because it was aligned with the fund’s objective: supporting councils to accelerate delivery of infrastructure projects that enable housing growth. The…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 8121 (2026), was he or his office aware at any time before receiving briefing GSR-25-18517 on 12 March 2025 that Kāinga Ora had been working with Hutt City Council on the IAF variation…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the response to question 8114 (2026).
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 55046 (2025), in which he states that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development provided its comments to Kāinga Ora which were included in its advice, is he aware that Kāinga Ora…
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I would expect that Kāinga Ora, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and Hutt City Council would work together and feed into advice on the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund funding variation, as necessary. In response to the…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 54626 (2025), and given the inconsistency between Hon Chris Bishop's corrected reply to Written Parliamentary Question 5215 (2025), which lists briefing GSR-25-18517 as received on 13…
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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister
No. I understand the discrepancy was due to a manual data entry issue.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many social housing redirects, if any, approved since 1 July 2025 were funded using funds provided for in Budget 2025 for an additional 550 social houses in Auckland?
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Redirects are defined as properties that Community Housing Providers already manage but have not previously attracted an income-related rent subsidy. No redirects were funded using funds provided for in Budget 2025 for an additional 550…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 54626 (2025), in which he states that Hon Chris Bishop did not make a specific request to the Cabinet Office for conflict-of-interest advice relating to the City Link bridge decision,…
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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister
I am satisfied with Hon Bishop’s explanation that he acted in accordance with Cabinet Manual guidance as set out in my response to Written Parliamentary Question 54626 (2025).
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to her replies to Written Parliamentary Questions 55884 and 55885 (2025), in which she confirmed that receiving the variation request document was the first time both she and her office were aware of a proposal to use Kāinga Ora…
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Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
Yes, I refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 17928 (2026).
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 219 (2026), in which he confirms contact occurred between Hon Chris Bishop's office, the Cabinet Office, and his office on 18 and 19 November 2025 in relation to oral questions about…
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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister
My response to Written Parliamentary Question (WPQ) 219 (2026) was responding to a number of questions from the member’s colleague “in relation to oral questions on 18 and 19 November” (2025), which included WPQs 222, 223, 224, 234 and 232…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to her replies to Written Parliamentary Questions 8528 (2026) and 55882 (2025), can she confirm on what date she first received the document titled "Variation Request to IAF Funding Agreement with Hutt City Council, RiverLink…
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
My office received a paper from Kāinga Ora requesting this variation on 17 March 2025.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to her reply to Written Parliamentary Question 54458 (2025), in which she states she first sought advice from Treasury regarding the IAF variation on 18 March 2025, and further to Hon Chris Bishop's reply to Written Parliamentary…
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Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
The briefing was forwarded from the Minister of Housing once he had considered it, for my subsequent consideration. At that point, my office sought Treasury advice.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his replies to Written Parliamentary Questions 8536 (2026), 55524 (2025), 55526 (2025), and 54625 (2025), in which he states that he did not receive advice from Treasury on the Riverlink variation in any of his ministerial…
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
It’s the Minister of Finance’s prerogative to ask for advice on matters from the Treasury. In response to the second part of the question, I consider I received sufficient advice from Kāinga Ora and the Ministry of Housing and Urban…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 8121 (2026), can he confirm on what date Kāinga Ora first sent briefing GSR-25-18517 to his office, as distinct from the date it was received, and whether the briefing was sent,…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora sent the briefing to my office on 12 March 2025. It had not been sent prior and therefore could not have been recalled. It was, however, delayed.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to his replies to Written Parliamentary Questions 8517 and 8518 (2026), in which he gave identical answers to questions about cost overruns on two distinct projects — the City Link Bridge project and the Hutt City stormwater…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
As Minister of Housing, I have not received any reports of cost overruns regarding the City Link Bridge project or the Hutt City stormwater project.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
Further to his reply to Written Parliamentary Question 36141 (2025), in which he attributed the omission of briefing GSR-25-18517 from the original reply to Written Parliamentary Question 5215 (2025) to an administrative error, was the…
Further to his corrected reply to Written Parliamentary Question 5215 (2025), was the date of 13 February 2025 listed against briefing GSR-25-18517 the date the briefing was received by his office, the date it was sent by Kāinga Ora, or a…
Further to his corrected reply to Written Parliamentary Question 5215 (2025), which lists briefing GSR-25-18517 "Variation request to IAF funding agreement with Hutt City Council, RiverLink development" as received from Kāinga Ora on 13…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
The amended reply was not sufficiently reviewed for accuracy, and I thank the member for bringing this to my attention. Initially, the briefing was excluded from a WPQ response due to a delay in recording/logging the briefing when it was…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many social housing redirects, if any, approved since 1 July 2025 were funded using funds provided for in Budget 2024 for an additional 1,500 social houses?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to my response to WPQ (2026) 17924. No redirects were funded using funds provided for in Budget 2025 for an additional 1,500 social housing places in Auckland.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, social housing redirects did the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development approve in each of the past three financial years and so far in the current year and how were these redirects funded?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Redirects are defined as properties that Community Housing Providers already manage but have not previously attracted an income-related rent subsidy. This information is publicly available on the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, houses did Kāinga Ora purchase from developers to date in 2025/26 and what is the average cost of those houses?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities advises me that it acquired 359 new homes from the market from builders and developers in 2025/26 from 1 July 2025 to 31 March 2026. The average cost of the homes was $823,860.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Kāinga Ora houses have been delivered in 2025/26 using traditional development methods and what is the average cost of those houses?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities advises me that no houses were delivered solely using traditional development methods from 1 July 2025 to 31 March 2026. All redevelopment houses delivered to date in the 2025/26 financial year have been…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How, if at all, has the bedroom mix of houses delivered by Kāinga Ora in 2023/2024 changed in subsequent years?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the Member to the attached table provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, which provides the total number of homes delivered by Kāinga Ora through the redevelopment of its own land.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What inflation rates are used by Kāinga Ora to adjust for inflation when comparing Total Delivery Cost of Housing Delivery System delivered houses against the 2023/24 baseline for traditional redevelopment projects?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities advises me that it used the Building Cost inflation rate of two percent. This rate would allow for the comparison of the real cost to build residential homes between financial years.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many Kāinga Ora houses have been delivered in 2025/26 using the Housing Delivery System and what percentage of the total number of new houses delivered does that represent?
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities advises me that 277 homes were delivered in 2025/26 to 31 March 2026 by Kāinga Ora on its own land (redevelopment) and were completed using the Housing Delivery System. These 277 homes are 43 percent of…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What are the year-to-date savings for 2025/26 for Kāinga Ora houses delivered using the Housing Delivery System compared to traditional development?
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Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities tracks its build cost efficiencies through its quarterly performance scorecard: - https://kaingaora.govt.nz/en_NZ/publications/tracking-our-performance/. In 2023/24 financial year the cost per square…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What has been the cost of the launch and implementation of the Perform and Grow framework and how does it anchor employees while Kāinga Ora undergoes change?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it has confirmed the launch and implementation of the Perform and Grow framework were delivered within existing baseline funding. The framework design, along with the supporting learning…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What, if any, structured support does Kāinga Ora provide to staff during any restructuring processes and how are staff able to access any such support?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it provides structured support to employees during restructuring processes through a variety of providers. Employees are also provided with information and guidance on financial support…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How, if at all, does Kāinga Ora ensure that its engagement with staff during any restructuring processes is clear and transparent?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it aims to engage with employees in a way that is open, clear, and transparent throughout any restructuring process. Employees who may be affected by proposed changes are provided with…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How, if at all, does Kāinga Ora measure employee morale and what benchmarks, if any, are used in such measurements?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it has tracked employee morale over recent years through its periodic Organisational Health Index surveys. Rather than relying on a single “morale” score, the survey looks at a range of…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, restructuring processes were undertaken at Kāinga Ora since 1 April 2025 and for each, what was its purpose and expected benefits?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it has undertaken 1 large and 6 small change processes resulting in changes to organisational structure since 1 April 2025.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, restructuring processes are currently underway at Kāinga Ora and for each, what is its purpose and expected benefits?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it currently has two change processes underway.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, CHP lease houses did Kāinga Ora have in Auckland on 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and on 31 March 2026 and how do these numbers breakdown by Auckland Local Board?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the attached table provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. This is also my response for written parliamentary questions 17958-9 (2026).
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Transitional Housing houses did Kāinga Ora have in Auckland on 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and on 31 March 2026 and how do these numbers breakdown by Auckland Local Board?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer for written parliamentary question 17957(2026).
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many, if any, Community Group houses did Kāinga Ora have in Auckland on 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and on 31 March 2026 and how do these numbers breakdown by Auckland Local Board?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer for written parliamentary question 17957(2026).
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many houses, if any, did Kāinga Ora lease in each Auckland Local Board on 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and on 31 March 2026 and how many, if any, of those houses were managed state housing stock on each of those dates?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the attached table provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many houses, if any, did Kāinga Ora own in each Auckland Local Board on 30 June 2024, 30 June 2025 and on 31 March 2026 and how many, if any, of those houses were managed state housing stock on each of those dates?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the attached table provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure
I receive advice from a range of agencies. I am advised that the Treasury and the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission regularly publish monthly lists of titles of advice to Ministers. I refer the member to those lists, which can be found…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
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Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I received the following papers: HUD 23-Apr HUD2026-009639 Talking points for Registration of Boarding House Landlords Bill HUD 23-Apr HUD2026-009670 Opening of the Tū Mai Rā Investments 10 unit development in Masterton at 67 Renall St HUD…
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Hon Chris Bishop: The titles of an additional eleven papers have been withheld in accordance with SR 199/6 as they are under active consideration and it is not in the public interest to release. • MBIE – 20/04/2026 - BRIEFING-REQ- 0030787…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure
None
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
None.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
As Minister of Housing, I did not take any papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
As Minister of Housing, I did not take any papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026.
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Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
None.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure
Strengthening Investor Assurance; 13 April 2026.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 13 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing
Hon Chris Bishop: The titles of an additional nine papers have been withheld in accordance with SR 199/6 as they are under active consideration and it is not in the public interest to release. • HUD - 13/04/2026 - HUD2026-009557 - Te Awa…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 13 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
The titles of 4 papers have been withheld in accordance with SR 199/6 as they are under active consideration and it is not in the public interest to release. HUD 13-Apr HUD2026-009587 Community Finance HUD 13-Apr HUD2026-009588 Home…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 13 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure
I receive advice from a range of agencies. I am advised that the Treasury and the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission regularly publish monthly lists of titles of advice to Ministers. I refer the member to those lists, which can be found…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
What action, if any, has he taken to assure himself that the Hon Chris Bishop, as Minister of Housing, acted appropriately in all aspects of his handling of the process leading to the Minister’s decision to approve the reallocation of $27…
Further to his reply to Question 12197 (2026), did the Minister of Housing, Hon Chris Bishop, seek advice from the Cabinet Office before he decided to approve the reallocation of $27 million in funding from a Kāinga Ora Infrastructure…
Answered by
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister
The Cabinet Office, on behalf of the Prime Minister, supports Ministers in managing conflicts of interest that may arise in relation to their portfolios or other ministerial responsibilities, including ensuring that there is an agreed…