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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many social housing projects that were recorded as "Proceeding" in the 19 June 2025 Pipeline Assessment register have had their number of homes reduced since that date, if any, and what is the address of each together with the number…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 37803 (2026)

• 37799 (matches this search)

  How many, if any, of the social housing units at 124 Wellesley Road, Napier are vacant and for each such vacant unit, how long has it been vacant?

• 37800 (matches this search)

  How many, if any, of the social housing units at 124 Wellesley Road, Napier have people living in them and on what date, if at all, were the units occupied?

• 37801 (matches this search)

  Further to his reply to Question 31349 (2026), have officials agreed to undertake any modifications at 124 Wellesley Road, Napier to address any design concerns raised by potential buyers and if so, what are those modifications?

• 37802 (matches this search)

  Further to his reply to Question 31349 (2026), what modifications, if any, have been undertaken at 124 Wellesley Road, Napier to address any design concerns that were raised and if so, what was the cost, if any, of those modifications?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his reply to Question 674 (2026), what were the names of all of the Kāinga Ora frontline business groups on 30 June 2025 and on 30 June 2026 and how many people were employed in each of those groups on both dates?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his reply to Question 674 (2026), how many staff within frontline business groups were employed by Kāinga Ora on 30 June 2026 and on 31 July 2026?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his reply to Question 19882 (2026), what were the results, if any, for each of the questions 1 to 8 for the June 2026 Kāinga Ora quarterly Customer Satisfaction survey?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his reply to Question 674 (2026), how many frontline staff in roles with direct customer contact were employed by Kāinga Ora on 30 June 2025, on 30 June 2026 and on 31 July 2026?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  How much, if anything, was spent by Kāinga Ora on retrofitting state homes in 2025/26 and how does that number breakdown by territorial local authority?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the average build cost per square metre for Kāinga Ora houses built in 2025/26 and how many houses were included in that calculation?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many state houses, if any, did Kāinga Ora retrofit in 2025/26 and how does that number breakdown by territorial local authority?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · 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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · 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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Attorney-General or their Office received during the week beginning 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

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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 17 August 2026, by title and date?

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 17 August 2026, by title and date?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Attorney-General take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, which valuation firms and negotiating agents did the NZ Transport Agency engage for property acquisitions, and has the NZ Transport Agency identified…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, has the NZ Transport Agency resold, or entered into any leaseback arrangement with, the original vendor for any acquired property, and if so, on what…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many acquired properties are not currently required for construction, what was their combined purchase price, and what is their most recent…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, what ex-gratia payments, relocation payments, or other compensation beyond the purchase price has the NZTA paid to vendors, in total and broken down by…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many properties were acquired through urgent acquisition or direct negotiation rather than the standard Public Works Act offer process, and what…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many properties were purchased at a price above the highest of any independent valuations obtained by the NZ Transport Agency, and what was the…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many of the properties acquired were purchased at a price exceeding the registered or independent valuation obtained prior to purchase, and what…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each property acquisition listed in the attachment to that reply, across all of the projects covered (WPQ 33496 to 33539 (2026)), what was the settlement date and purchase price?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35754 (2026), what was the primary reason given by landowners for the requests for advance purchase or hardship acquisition received in 2025/26, and does the Minister have any explanation for the increase from 11 requests…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Has the Government considered introducing a statutory maximum period for designations held for projects without allocated construction funding, after which the designation would lapse automatically unless renewed; if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What legal or practical limitations, if any, apply to a landowner's ability to develop, subdivide, mortgage, insure, or sell a property that is wholly or partly subject to a notice of requirement or designation for which no construction…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35756 (2026), will the Government review the Advance Purchase Policy for Property Acquisitions, last reviewed in October 2018, in light of the scale of unfunded designations identified in reply 35761 (2026); if not, why…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  For each of the 11 projects listed in reply 35761 (2026), what is the current expected timeframe, if any, for construction funding to be allocated?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 33478 (2026), for each confirmed NZTA designation not among those listed as having a lapse date within the next five years, what is the current lapse date of that designation?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35743 (2026), can the Minister confirm whether the statement that no agreements under section 17 of the Public Works Act 1981 have been deemed entered into as a result of a section 185 order in the last 10 years is…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What estimate, if any, has NZTA or Treasury made of the rate of increase in the market value of properties subject to long-term unfunded designations, and how is that factored into any assessment of future Crown acquisition costs?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Has the Government sought advice from the Office of the Auditor-General, or any other independent body, on whether contingent liabilities arising from long-term unfunded designations are adequately identified, quantified, and disclosed?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many of the 2,395 properties identified in reply 35761 (2026) have been the subject of an application under section 185 of the Resource Management Act 1991, and what was the outcome in each case?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  For each of the 11 projects listed in reply 35761 (2026), what is the average length of time elapsed since the relevant notice of requirement or designation was lodged?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 36197 (2026), has any whole-of-life cost comparison since been undertaken for any of the 11 projects listed in reply 35761 (2026), between maintaining the designation, acquiring the corridor now, or non-statutory route…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Does NZTA maintain a central risk register or contingent liability estimate for properties subject to designations for which no construction funding is allocated; if so, what is the current total value recorded; if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35750 (2026), has the Minister received any advice since the date of that reply on the projected cost of section 185 acquisitions arising from designations without construction funding?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35745 (2026), will the Government now separately disclose section 185-related contingent liabilities in the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand, given the scale of properties identified in reply 35761…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 36198 (2026), as the $364.4m estimate for NoR 1 North properties was prepared in 2017, has that estimate been updated since, and if not, why not?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35761 (2026), what is the estimated current market value of the properties impacted by each of the 11 projects listed in that reply, broken down by project?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What role does the Minister for the Environment, Hon Nicola Grigg, have in decisions on RM Reform and National Direction?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

• 37205 (matches this search)

  Following reply 35738 (2026), what advice, if any, did the Minister receive on the potential implications of repealing the requirement for farmers to use less than 190 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare per year on the grazed area of their…

• 37206 (matches this search)

  Following reply 35738 (2026), did the Minister receive any advice from officials that included a recommendation for or against specifically repealing the requirement for farmers to use less than 190 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare per…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following reply 35284 (2026), in which the Minister said he "discussed the freshwater package with relevant portfolio Ministers including the Minister for Agriculture (Hon Todd McClay), the Associate Minister of Agriculture and for the…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following reply 35285 (2026), has the Minister received any advice on what the implications of removing Te Mana o te Wai provisions from freshwater national direction would be?