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Question 1702 (2026)

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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, title and date…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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The title of two 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. o Kāinga Ora – KO-MS-26-20901 - KO status report - 16 January 2026 - 15/01/2026…

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Question 1762 (2026)

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), by title and date?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for State Owned Enterprises

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As I said to the Member in Written Parliamentary Questions 11040 (2025), 11255 (2025), 14923 (2025), 18528 (2025), 19677 (2025), 20885 (2025), 22550 (2025), 27613 (2025), 28543 (2025), 30527 (2025), 31099 (2025), 31644 (2025), 32532…

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Question 1803 (2026)

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), by title and date?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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None

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Question 1808 (2026)

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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None.

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Question 1809 (2026)

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), by title and date?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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As Minister of Housing, I took no papers to Cabinet during the period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026.

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Question 1484 (2026)

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    What policy, if any, does Kāinga Ora have about the regularity of its proactive release of information, such as weekly reports to ministers, and how, if at all, has that policy changed in the past year?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Kāinga Ora has a Proactive Release Policy dated 14 June 2024 that is published on its website at: https://kaingaora.govt.nz/assets/Publications/Proactive-releases/Proactive-Release-Policy-POL-393.pdf There has been no policy change in the…

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Question 1485 (2026)

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    Why has Kāinga Ora not proactively released any weekly reports to ministers since the report dated 28 March 2025 and when, if at all, will additional weekly reports be released on its website?

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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 it acknowledges the weekly report to Ministers has not been proactively released for a period of time. Kainga Ora is currently working through the backlog of reports and aims to release…

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Question 1493 (2026)

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    What services, if any, did Plato Payments Limited provide for the contracts it was awarded by Kāinga Ora in 2024/25 and what procurement process was used to award that contract?

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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 it engaged Plato Services Limited (Plato) in February 2024 to develop a prototype solution to support the digital management of the Housing Delivery System. This engagement was…

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Question 1494 (2026)

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    What services, if any, did Merkle Aotearoa Limited provide for the contracts it was awarded by Kāinga Ora in 2024/25 and what procurement process was used to award that contract?

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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 it engaged Merkle Aotearoa Limited (Merkle) as its Salesforce Implementation Partner following a competitive two‑stage Request for Proposal (RFP) procurement process, undertaken between…

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1495, 1496 (2026)

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    What has been the total cost, if any, of Kāinga Ora demolitions in the first half of 2025/26 and how many homes, if any, were demolished over that period?

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    What was the total cost, if any, of Kāinga Ora demolitions in 2023/24 and in 2024/45 and how many homes, if any, were demolished in each of those years?

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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 cost for demolition, deconstruction and relocations in 2023/24 was $71.98 million, 2024/25 was $33.7 million, and 2025/26 (to 31 December 2025) was $10.73 million. Kāinga Ora…

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1497, 1498 (2026)

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    What was the cost of landfill disposal charges, if any, for waste from Kāinga Ora demolitions in 2023/24 and in 2024/25?

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    What was the cost of landfill disposal charges, if any, for waste from Kāinga Ora demolitions in the first half of 2025/26?

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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 its dedicated Waste Minimisation Programme, that ran until October 2024, focused on measuring total waste diverted from landfill and reporting progress against its Statement of Performance…

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Question 1499 (2026)

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    How many, if any, Kāinga Ora homes were demolished since October 2024 and how was the waste resulting from those demolitions disposed?

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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 demolished and deconstructed 626 homes between October 2024 and December 2025.

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Question 1500 (2026)

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    What was the annual cost of the Waste Diversion from Landfill programme before it was discontinued in October 2024 and what was the purpose of the programme?

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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 average annual cost of its Waste Minimisation Programme was approximately $450,000. Kāinga Ora advises that the majority of these costs related to personnel, reflecting three…

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Question 1501 (2026)

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    What was the policy direction shift that resulted in Kāinga Ora’s discontinuation of measures to track homes enabled through iwi and Māori partnerships and why was this policy shift made?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Kainga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that the discontinuation of the measure to track homes enabled through the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF) via iwi and Māori partnerships was a direct result of the change in direction…

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Question 290 (2026)

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    How much, if anything, has the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development paid to providers in its emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial and how much, if any, of that amount was paid based on results achieved?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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As at December 2025, HUD had made total payments of $1.836 million (excl. GST) to providers. $0.529 million of that relates to Housing Outcome Fee payments.

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Question 291 (2026)

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    How much, if anything, has been spent on the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial to date and how does that number break down by the location of the provider?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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As at December 2025, HUD had spent $1.836 million (excl. GST) on the emergency housing social outcomes contracting trial. $0.978 million was paid to Emerge Aotearoa Limited (Hamilton) and $0.857 million was paid to Wellington City Mission…

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Question 292 (2026)

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    How many people, if any, are currently in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial and how does that number break down by location?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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As at 31 December 2025, there are 60 households in the emergency housing social outcomes contracting trial. Both providers are at their full capacity, with 30 households in service in Hamilton and 30 households in service in Wellington.

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Question 293 (2026)

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    How many people, if any, who participated in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial applied for emergency housing later applied for emergency housing and how many, if any,…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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People are not required to let the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) know where they live once they stop receiving assistance. There is a requirement to balance the requirement to monitor the effectiveness of our interventions with…

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Question 294 (2026)

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    How many people, if any, have left the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial without moving out of emergency housing into more stable housing and how does that number break…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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People are not required to let the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) know where they live once they stop receiving assistance. There is a requirement to balance the requirement to monitor the effectiveness of our interventions with…

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Question 295 (2026)

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    How many people, if any, who moved out of emergency housing into more stable housing through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial later left that stable housing?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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As at 14 November 2025, no households who have moved into stable housing through the emergency housing social outcomes contracting trial have left that stable housing.

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Question 296 (2026)

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    How many couples, if any, have been assisted through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial and how does that number break down by location?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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Since the emergency housing social outcomes contracting trial began in November 2024, fewer than six couples have been assisted in the trial. Fewer than six were based in Hamilton and fewer than six were based in Wellington.

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Question 297 (2026)

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    How many people, if any, have moved out of emergency housing into more stable housing through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial and how does that number break down by…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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As at 31 December 2025, 36 households have moved out of emergency housing into more stable housing through the emergency housing social outcomes contracting trial. This includes 17 households in Hamilton and 19 households in Wellington.

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Question 298 (2026)

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    How many individuals, if any, have been assisted through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial and how does that number break down by location?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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Since the emergency housing social outcomes contracting trial began in November 2024, 82 individuals have been assisted in the trial. 42 of these individuals were based in Hamilton and 40 of these individuals were based in Wellington.

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Question 299 (2026)

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    How many, if any, tenancy reviews are still open and how does that number breakdown by designation and location?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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I am advised that the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) is unable to provide the Member with the data requested. Currently the data requested would require substantial collation and engagement and divert Ministry staff from…

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Question 300 (2026)

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    How many, if any, tenancy reviews have been completed since 25 March 2024 and how does that number breakdown by month completed and location?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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I am advised that the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) is unable to provide the Member with the data requested. Currently the data requested would require substantial collation and engagement and divert Ministry staff from…

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Question 301 (2026)

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    How many tenancy reviews have been started since 25 March 2024 and how many, if any, of those reviews resulted in the tenancy ending?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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I am advised that the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) is unable to provide the Member with the data requested. Currently the data requested would require substantial collation and engagement and divert Ministry staff from…

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Question 516 (2026)

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    How many laptop computers, tablet computers and hard drives, if any, provided or paid for by Kāinga Ora have been lost or gone missing since 1 July 2024 and how many of these, if any, were returned or found?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Kainga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it recorded 10 laptops as stolen or lost between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025. None were identified as returned or found.

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Question 517 (2026)

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    What IT projects, if any, were completed or started by Kāinga Ora since 1 July 2024 and for each what was the budget, initial timeframe, start date, completion date, and total cost?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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I refer the Member to the attached table provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.

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Question 518 (2026)

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    What new IT systems, if any, has Kāinga Ora purchased since 1 July 2024 and how much, if anything, has been spent to date on each new system?

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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 it purchased one new IT system, Forsta, (Customer & Employee Survey procurement of an Enterprise-wide platform). As at 2 February 2026, it has spent $168,000 on this system.

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Question 519 (2026)

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    What IT systems, if any, has Kāinga Ora discontinued since 1 July 2024 and how much, if anything, was spent on each system in the five years prior to its discontinuation?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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I refer the Member to the attached table provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities.

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Question 520 (2026)

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    What IT projects, if any, were shelved or curtailed by Kāinga Ora since 1 July 2024 and how much, if anything, was spent on each system in the five years prior to it being shelved or curtailed?

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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 it discontinued two projects since 1 July 2024. These were a Complaints and Feedback System and an Electronic Timesheet Module. Both these projects were assessed during the Kāinga Ora…

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Question 521 (2026)

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    How is the build cost per square meter figure in Kāinga Ora’s Performance Scorecard calculated and what was the data used to calculate the cost per square meter figure provided in the 30 September 2025 scorecard?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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This information is publicly available in the notes accompanying the Scorecard on the Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities website here: - https://kaingaora.govt.nz/en_NZ/publications/tracking-our-performance.

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Question 522 (2026)

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    Further to his reply to Question 57392 (2025), why were the floor areas for some projects not provided in the attachment?

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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 not all values were centrally recorded for all developments, including projects acquired new as homes and land from a builder or developer. It was therefore not feasible to manually…

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Question 523 (2026)

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    Does Kāinga Ora require travel for consultants and contractors paid for by Kāinga Ora to be booked through a preferred booking agency and if so, how does that booking agency invoice Kāinga Ora for these expenses?

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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 booking agency provides a monthly consolidated invoice to Kāinga Ora with all expenditure for contractors and consultants travel expenses. Consultants engaged by Kainga Ora also have…

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Question 524 (2026)

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    How many, if any, consultant or contractor travel expenditure claims have been audited over the past 12 months and what discrepancies or breaches of policy, if any, have been found as a result?

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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 contractor and consultant travel costs are not individually audited; each Business Group ensures the total spend stays within the group travel budget with embedded savings targets. All…

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Question 525 (2026)

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    How, if at all, does Kāinga Ora monitor consultant and contractor travel expenditure and ensure transparency, if its systems do not centrally record all of these 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 expenses are invoiced monthly, with policy auditing conducted by the booking agency I also refer the Member to my response to 524 and Kainga Ora’s response to Q44 as part of their 2024/25…

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Question 526 (2026)

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    How many, if any, customer panels has Kāinga Ora set up to bring the voice of the disabled customer to its work and for each such panel, how many panel members are there and in what region was it established?

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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 it completed a time limited Disabled Customer Working Group pilot in June 2025. The group consisted of seven customers with lived experience of disability or caregiving, and its purpose…

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Question 527 (2026)

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    What, if anything, was learned from the Disabled Customer Working Group pilot about the impact of policies and processes on disabled tenants living in Kāinga Ora homes and what policies and processes, if any, were found to have the most…

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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 Disabled Customer Working Group pilot generated useful organisational insights about how disabled customers experience our services. Kāinga Ora is now working through those insights to…

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Question 528 (2026)

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    How were properties chosen for inspections during Kāinga Ora’s property inspection pilots using drones and in what regions were these properties located?

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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 properties for the pilot were selected using asset data to identify the roof type and expected component life expectancy, and the pilot operated in the following Kāinga Ora regions:…

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529, 530 (2026)

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    What was the total cost, if any, of the drones used in Kāinga Ora’s property inspection pilots that ran from November 2024 to February 2025?

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    What was the make and model of the drones used in Kāinga Ora’s property inspection pilots that ran from November 2024 to February 2025 and how many of each drone model has Kāinga Ora purchased to date?

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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 drone inspections for the pilot were carried out by external contractors who provided their own drones as part of the contract. This is also my response to WPQ 530 (2026).

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Question 531 (2026)

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    What was the cost of the Kāinga Ora pilot project using drones to undertake condition inspections of paint and cladding and what information, if any, about the houses that had paint and cladding inspected in this way was recorded?

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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 information from the pilot on paint and cladding inspections is recorded on the property file for that property. The pilot was cost neutral and funded from within existing maintenance…

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Question 532 (2026)

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    What was the cost of the Kāinga Ora pilot project using drones to undertake roof condition inspections and what information, if any, about the houses that had roofs inspected in this way was recorded?

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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 drone pilot was funded from within existing maintenance budgets and included inspecting 333 roofs and 2,081 cladding inspections at a total cost of $81,618, and was cost neutral.

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533, 534, 535, 536 (2026)

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    What aspects of its responsive maintenance work is Kāinga Ora reviewing through its Maintenance Delivery System pilot and what information, if any, is being collected to measure potential efficiencies, cost savings or process improvements?

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    What process improvements, if any, has Kāinga Ora’s Maintenance Delivery System pilot identified and which, if any, of these improvements will be implementation?

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    What are the ways that Kāinga Ora is exploring to enhance its responsive maintenance work through the Maintenance Delivery System pilot and which of these, if any, have been successful in creating efficiencies?

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    How much, if anything, has been spent on Kāinga Ora’s Maintenance Delivery System pilot to date?

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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 a Maintenance Delivery System (MDS) pilot began in April 2025 and was originally expected to run until February 2026, as noted in WPQ 43293 (2025). The pilot has since been extended to…

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Question 574 (2026)

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    How many staff, if any, at Kāinga Ora resigned in 2024/25 and how many, if any, have resigned so far in 2025/26?

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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 number of employees who have exited for reason of resignation is 285 in 2024/25 and 124 between 1 July 2025 and 28 January 2026.

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Question 575 (2026)

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    How many staff, if any, at Kāinga Ora took voluntary redundancy in 2024/25 and how many, if any, have taken voluntary redundancy so far in 2025/26?

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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 number of employees who have exited for reason of voluntary redundancy is 383 in 2024/25 and 90 between 1 July 2025 and 28 January 2026.

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Question 576 (2026)

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    What was staff turnover, if any, at Kāinga Ora in 2024/25 and what was it in the first half of 2025/26?

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Hon Chris Bishop

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Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that unplanned turnover as at 30 Jun 25 is 9.1%, and as at 31 Dec 25 is 8.8%.

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Question 577 (2026)

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    How many, if any, newly built social homes that were funded in Budget 2025 does he expect will be delivered by 30 June 2026 and how does that number breakdown by build to own and build to lease?

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Hon Chris Bishop

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I expect all social housing places funded under Budget 2025 to be delivered by 30 November 2026.

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578, 583, 584 (2026)

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    How many, if any, newly built social homes that were funded in Budget 2024 does he expect will be delivered by 30 June 2026 and how does that number breakdown by build to own and build to lease?

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    Further to his reply to 43298 (2025), how many, if any, of the build to rent houses in the table provided have been delivered and how does that number breakdown by provider?

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    Further to his reply to Question 43298 (2025), how many, if any, of the build to own houses in the table provided have been delivered and how does that number breakdown by provider?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Social housing places funded under Budget 2024 are expected to be delivered by June 2027. As at the end of November 2025, I am advised that for Budget 2024 and 2025 funded social housing places that were delivered, approved or under…

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579, 585, 705, 708 (2026)

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    How many, if any, newly built social homes that were funded in Budget 2025 have been delivered and how does that number breakdown by build to own and build to lease?

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    How many, if any, of the 500 social houses funded from Budget 24 and being delivered through projects previously identified by Community Housing Providers (CHPs) as the “maintaining momentum” pathway have been delivered and how many, if…

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    How many of the 550 social houses funded through Budget 25 were delivered by 31 December 2025 and how does that number breakdown by Build to Own and Build to Rent?

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    How many of the 1,500 social houses funded through Budget 24 were delivered by 31 December 2025 and how does that number breakdown by Build to Own and Build to Rent?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Information about delivery of social housing places funded through Budget 2024/25 is publicly available on the Ministry’s website at: - https://www.hud.govt.nz/news/social-housing-provider-delivery-dashboard-for-november-released. I also…

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Question 580 (2026)

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    How many, if any, newly built social homes that were funded in Budget 2024 have been delivered and how does that number breakdown by build to own and build to lease?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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I refer the Member to my responses to Written Question 578 (2026) and 579 (2026).