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Question 31353 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    How much, if anything, has been spent on the building at 124 Wellesley Road, Napier since it was completed and how does that figure breakdown by repair costs, security costs, maintenance costs and other costs?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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I am advised that costs to the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport for maintenance and security have been minimal but are commercially sensitive given ongoing negotiations.

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Question 31354 (2026)

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    Will he considered changing the settings this Government has placed on Kāinga Ora that makes it not possible for it to tenant the empty social housing property at 124 Wellesley Road, Napier and if not, why not?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Kāinga Ora is focused on renewing and maintaining their existing stock and I understand the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport continues to work for a solution for a Community Housing Provider to operate the…

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Question 30722 (2026)

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    How many secondary school trades training academies operating in partnership with Kāinga Ora, if any, have ceased since 1 January 2024, and in which locations?

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

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I am advised that the information sought by the Member is not held centrally or collated by the Ministry of Education in a way that is readily reportable in the timeframe available to respond to written parliamentary questions.

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Question 30723 (2026)

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    How many residential buildings, if any, has the Department of Internal Affairs acquired from Kāinga Ora since 1 January 2024, and for what intended use?

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs

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I am advised by the Department of Internal Affairs that the Department has not acquired any residential buildings from Kāinga Ora since 1 January 2026.

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Question 30724 (2026)

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    What consideration, if any, did Kāinga Ora receive from the Department of Internal Affairs for residential buildings transferred to that department since 1 January 2024?

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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 is not aware of any properties sold or transferred to the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), nor is it aware of any consideration received from DIA for residential buildings…

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Question 30725 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    What advice or reports, if any, has the Minister received regarding the loss of social housing units in Picton since 1 January 2024?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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As the Minister of Housing, I have not received any advice or reports regarding the loss of social housing in Picton since 1 January 2024.

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Question 30726 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What consultation with affected communities, if any, does the Department of Internal Affairs undertake before acquiring residential buildings for relocation?

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs

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I am advised by the Department of Internal Affairs that, as no residential buildings have been acquired for relocation, no consultation with effected communities has been undertaken.

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Question 30727 (2026)

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    What building or construction trades training partnerships involving Kāinga Ora, if any, have been discontinued since 1 January 2024, and in which locations?

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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 while they currently have 14 partnerships with Trade Academies, the following trades training partnerships have been discontinued since 1 January 2024: • Lytton High School, Gisborne •…

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Question 30728 (2026)

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    What residential buildings constructed by Kāinga Ora in Picton in partnership with a secondary school, if any, have been transferred out of Kāinga Ora ownership since 1 January 2024?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that no properties built in partnership with a local secondary school in Picton have been sold or transferred between 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2026.

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30729, 30730, 30731 (2026)

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  • 30729 (matches this search)

    By how many units, if any, has Kāinga Ora's social housing stock in Picton changed since 1 January 2024?

  • 30730 (matches this search)

    How many Kāinga Ora residential properties in Picton, if any, have been relocated, or are scheduled to be relocated, to another district since 1 January 2024?

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    How many residential properties, if any, has Kāinga Ora transferred or sold to the Department of Internal Affairs since 1 January 2024, broken down by district?

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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 there have been no additions or disposals to its housing portfolio in Picton from 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2026. There are 36 State Housing properties in Picton which has not changed…

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30141, 30651 (2026)

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    Kieran McAnulty

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    30141 (matches this search)

    Recorded target Tama Potaka, Associate Minister of Housing

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    Further to reply 28731 (2026), of the 674 households moved into stable housing since September 2025, how many were housed through the additional 300 Housing First places and how many through providers' existing contract capacity or…

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    30651

    Recorded target Chris Penk, Minister for Veterans

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 29 June 2026, 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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I have provided a table supplied by the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions & Transport.

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9 questions (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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Matching question numbers: 30698 (2026), 30699 (2026), 30700 (2026), 30701 (2026), 30702 (2026)

  • 30647 (matches this search)

    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 31 October 2025 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 30 November 2025 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 31 December 2025 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 31 January 2026 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 28 February 2026 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 31 March 2026 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 30 April 2026 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 31 May 2026 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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    How many, if any, state homes were categorised as “removed from service” as at 30 June 2026 and how does that figure breakdown by homes in construction, sales, demolition process, redevelopment process, and lease expiry?

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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 of social homes removed from service. Homes removed from service do not include new homes under construction. It includes existing homes not available…

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Question 30467 (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 week beginning 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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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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Question 30472 (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 week beginning 29 June 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

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The titles of 1 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. I received the following papers: 3-Jul MCERT2026-010054 MCERT weekly report 3…

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Question 30473 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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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 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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Corrected reply: KO 29/06/2026 Kāinga Ora Accessibility Position HUD 29/06/2026 Initial Briefing for the Residential Tenancies (Registration of Boarding House Landlords) Amendment Bill N/A 30/06/2026 Memo on Trade Academies TRC 30/06/2026…

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Question 30572 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, 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 30577 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, 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 30578 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, 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 did not take any papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026.

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30296, 30327 (2026)

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    What advice, if any, has the Minister received confirming that no Ministry of Social Development staff member's employment depends on whether the emergency housing target is met?

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    What written advice, if any, did the Minister receive regarding the potential impact on emergency housing applicants of linking reduction targets to staff performance management?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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I have not received any advice on this matter as this is an operational matter that falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development. I was first informed of this matter through a media request…

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Question 30297 (2026)

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    How many emergency housing applications were declined in each month since 27 November 2023, and how many of those applicants, if any, received any alternative support?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) has identified that a proportion of clients who have been declined emergency housing have received some form of other assistance from the Ministry. This assistance includes the…

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Question 30298 (2026)

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    What is the Minister's definition of the "operational" boundary that distinguishes the Chief Executive's responsibility from his own accountability for the emergency housing target?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Operational matters refer to the day-to-day management, administration, and execution of services. To protect the Ministry of Social Development from political interference, I do not involve myself in day-to-day operations or individual…

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Question 30299 (2026)

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    Will the performance management KPI letter issued to Ministry of Social Development staff on 3 July 2025 be reissued or amended for the 2026/27 year, if not, why not?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Performance agreements and any amendments are an operational matter that falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry).

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Question 30300 (2026)

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    What data, if any, do officials hold on unrecorded housing need arising from declined or discouraged emergency housing applications?

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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 does not hold any data on unrecorded housing need arising from declined emergency housing applications. The Ministry does not discourage clients from applying for emergency housing, and…

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Question 30301 (2026)

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    What assessment, if any, has the Minister made of the Salvation Army briefing finding that none of 21 agencies reported a reduction in homelessness and 14 reported increases?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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I understand the briefing to which you refer was provided in December 2025 on behalf of the National Homelessness Data Project (NHDP). HUD officials (now MCERT) undertook a high-level assessment of this compared to the September…

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Question 30302 (2026)

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    What is the source and methodology of the Homelessness Insights report figures cited as reducing from 940 to approximately 550 by March 2025?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Refer my response to 29080 (2026).

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Question 30303 (2026)

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    How many people, if any, have moved into the 300 Housing First places announced in September 2025, as distinct from pre-existing places?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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As at Wednesday 8 July, 287 tenancies had commenced. A Further 12 properties have signed leases in place with tenancies expected to commence shortly. None of the 300 additional Housing First places were pre-existing.

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Question 30304 (2026)

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    What was the recorded number of people rough sleeping in Auckland in each of the last 24 months?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The data we have available is published in the six-monthly Homelessness Insights reports. This is provided by the Auckland Council and sourced from six outreach providers. Month-end Count of known unsheltered homeless Sept-24 426 Jan-25…

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Question 30305 (2026)

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List MP · Labour Party

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    How many Housing First places were funded but unfilled by providers before September 2025?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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None. Housing First IRRS places are funded when a property is made available and tenanted.

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Question 30306 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    What proportion of people declined emergency housing were offered no alternative support on eligibility grounds, in each month since January 2024?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development has advised that a decline represents a finding of ineligibility against the established criteria. These circumstances include when the client can meet their emergency housing need in another way, has…

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Question 30307 (2026)

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    What is known, if anything, about the destination of families who left immediate access transitional housing since the scheme's launch and did not move into long-term housing?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Refer to the previous WPQs 28729 and 28728 (2026).

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8 questions (2026)

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Matching question numbers: 30314 (2026), 30316 (2026), 30317 (2026), 30318 (2026)

  • 30308 (matches this search)

    How many children, if any, who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were exits other than "priority one", and what is known about their subsequent housing?

  • 30310 (matches this search)

    How many, if any, of the approximately 650 Hamilton children have a housing destination recorded as "unknown"?

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    Of the Hamilton children who left emergency housing motels other than through Priority One, how many have a recorded housing destination, broken down by housing state?

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    Of the approximately 650 children the Minister states left Hamilton emergency housing motels, how many left through the Priority One category and how many through other exit pathways?

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    How many children exited emergency housing other than through the Priority One category in each year since 2024?

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    How many children, if any, who exited emergency housing had a recorded destination of "unknown"?

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    For children who exited emergency housing other than through the Priority One category, how many were recorded against each housing state of social housing tenancy, transitional housing, accommodation supplement or private rental, "other,"…

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    How many, if any children exited emergency housing other than through the Priority One category in each month since January 2024?

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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) cannot track outcomes for specific children after leaving emergency housing except those in the Priority One Fast Track. This is because at the point of an Emergency…

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Question 30309 (2026)

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    Did the approximately 650 Hamilton children cited by the Minister relate to contracted emergency housing, non-contracted (Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant) emergency housing, or both?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development can advise that there were 516 children in the Hamilton Territorial Local Authority living in emergency housing as at 31 December 2023. Over time, this has decreased to 69 children as at 31 March 2026.…

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30313, 30315 (2026)

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  • 30313 (matches this search)

    What obligation, if any, do officials have to establish where a child goes on leaving emergency housing when the exit is not a Priority One placement?

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    What steps do officials take, if any, to record the housing destination of children who exit emergency housing other than through the Priority One category?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Child and Youth Strategy 2024–27 sets out the Government’s vision and desired outcomes for children and young people in New Zealand and recognises that improving child wellbeing is a shared responsibility across government. The…

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Question 30319 (2026)

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    For how long, if at all, does the Ministry track whether a child placed into social housing through Priority One remains housed?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) is responsible for assessing eligibility for social housing, managing the social housing register and calculating the rent payable by social housing tenants. The Ministry does not 'track'…

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Question 30320 (2026)

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    How many children, if any, placed into social housing through the Priority One category have subsequently returned to emergency housing, since January 2024?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development has advised me that this information is not being centrally recorded. Obtaining this information would require substantial manual collation of scanning Priority One client records and checking if clients…

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Question 30321 (2026)

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    What is the average and longest length of time children spent in emergency housing before a Priority One social housing placement?

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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 is unable to provide the information sought by the Member within a written parliamentary question timeframe as it would take substantial effort and require the Ministry to divert personnel from their core…

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Question 30322 (2026)

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    How many Priority One social housing placements were into Kāinga Ora housing and how many into community housing provider housing since January 2024, broken down by month?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development has advised that as at 31 May 2026, there have been 39 placements for Priority One clients into Community Housing Providers and 1,074 into Kāinga Ora since the Priority One Fast Track began in April 2024.…

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Question 30323 (2026)

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    How many children, if any, flagged under the Priority One category exited emergency housing into a destination other than social housing?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development has advised that this information is not centrally recorded. Obtaining this information would require substantial manual collation of scanning Priority One client records and checking if clients have…

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Question 30324 (2026)

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    What data source and reporting date underpins the Minister's claim that all children who exited emergency housing motels through the Priority One category went into social housing?

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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 uses administrative social housing register data to understand how many children moved from emergency housing into social housing through the Priority One category. Applicants for…

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Question 30325 (2026)

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    How many children have moved from emergency housing into social housing through the Priority One category since January 2024?

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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 as at 31 May 2026, there have been a total of 1,113 households housed under the Priority One category into social housing since the Priority One Fast Track began in April 2024. This includes 2,388 children.

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Question 30326 (2026)

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    How many of the children who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were classified as "priority one" exits, broken down by month?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Ministry of Social Development has advised that this information is not centrally recorded. Obtaining this information would require substantial manual collation and divert staff from their core duties. In accordance with the Speaker’s…

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Question 30328 (2026)

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    When was the Minister first advised, if at all, that emergency housing reduction targets were being linked to individual staff performance management?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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I have not received any advice on this matter as this is an operational matter that falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development. I was first informed of this matter through a media request…

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Question 30329 (2026)

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    How many Ministry of Social Development staff, if any, have been placed under performance management for not meeting emergency housing reduction targets since 1 January 2024?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development that no staff have been placed under performance management as a result of the 2025/26 performance framework.

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Question 30330 (2026)

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    What concerns, if any did the Minister raise with the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development about targets being enforced through performance management, and on what date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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I spoke to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development on Monday 29 June 2026 to confirm operational responsibilities. The Ministry of Social Development is responsible for providing help for people who need emergency housing…

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Question 30331 (2026)

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    How many children were living in emergency housing motels in the month the Minister took office, and how many are there now?

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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 as at 30 November 2023 there were 3,339 children in emergency housing. As at 31 May 2026, there are 405 children in emergency housing.…

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Question 30384 (2026)

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    Did she accuse the then Chief Executive of Kāinga Ora of personally developing Kāinga Ora’s asset management plan with the aim of embarrassing the National Party at a meeting with Minister Bishop and officials on 15 April 2024 and if so,…

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Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

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I refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 27980 (2026). The Chief Executive of Kāinga Ora was not present for the meeting in question.

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Question 30287 (2026)

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    Further to reply 29139 (2026), with the admission that there is no regular national measure of people living without shelter, does the Minister expect such a measure to be in place, and what work, if any, is currently underway to establish…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Stats NZ and MCERT are working closely on how homelessness will be measured in the future. This includes: • adding questions on access to basic amenities, size suitability of current home, and experiences of homelessness being included in…

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Question 30288 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28938 (2026), what, if anything, does the Minister attribute the more than doubling of rough sleeping households in Wellington (18 to 37) and Northland (14 to 29) over that period to?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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This was data from regular Housing First reporting that has known data limitations; the reporting not being designed to capture the living situation of those waiting to be housed and only the situation at which they join the service. It is…

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Question 30289 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28730 (2026), why, some ten months after funding was announced, have only 20 of Hamilton's 31 allocated social housing places resulted in commenced tenancies, and what has prevented the remaining 11 being filled?

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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 as of 6 July 2026, 30 of the 31 places in Hamilton have been leased and are expected to be tenanted shortly. Securing appropriate properties in Hamilton has been challenging as it is important households are placed in…

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    Further to reply 28938 (2026), of the 668 households permanently housed across the four regions as at 27 May 2026, how many would have been housed through ordinary social housing allocation in the absence of the September 2025 actions?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The Government’s near-term actions, announced in September 2025, increased social housing capacity by an additional 300 places for Housing First clients. It is not possible to determine how many of those households would have been housed…