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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exiting emergency housing during August 2025 received the accommodation supplement for a private rental?

Answered by

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 informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exiting emergency housing during August 2025 moved into social housing and how does that number breakdown by those moving into a house provided by a community housing provider and those moving into a Kāinga Ora…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) has informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exited emergency housing during August 2025 and what percentage of those moved into transitional housing?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) has informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exiting emergency housing during September 2025 did not access any housing-related services?

Answered by

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 informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exiting emergency housing during September 2025 received the accommodation supplement for a private rental?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) has informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exiting emergency housing during September 2025 moved into social housing and how does that number breakdown by those moving into a house provided by a community housing provider and those moving into a Kāinga…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) has informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, households exited emergency housing during September 2025 and what percentage of those moved into transitional housing?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) has informed me that the member's requested information is generated quarterly, with the most recent data available as of September 2025. This information is provided to support the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants did the Ministry of Social Development decline per month, if any, broken down by MSD office between 1 October 2025 and 31 December 2025?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

I refer the member to the attached table which shows the number of grants and declines for Emergency Housing from 1 October 2025 to 30 November 2025, by work and income office and month. I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants did the Ministry of Social Development grant per month, if any, broken down by MSD office between 1 October 2025 and 31 December 2025?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

I refer the Member to reply number 604 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant applications did the Ministry of Social Development receive per month, if any, broken down by MSD office between 1 October 2025 and 31 December 2025?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

I refer the Member to reply number 604 (2026)

Answered

607, 608 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 607 (matches this search)

    How many, if any, additional new social houses are expected to be delivered in Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch in 2025/26 and how many additional social houses, if any, are expected to be delivered in each of those regions…

  • 608 (matches this search)

    How many, if any, additional new social houses are expected to be delivered in the Far North District, South Auckland, Eastern Bay of Plenty (Whakatane, Kawerau, and Ōpōtiki), Tairāwhiti-Gisborne and Hastings in 2025/26 and how many…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

The information requested, as at November 2025, is in the attached Table. This response also answers Written Question 608 (2026).

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Has he received any reports about households new to the Housing First programme not being on the Housing Register and if so, what did those reports say about the reasons for and extent of people in this situation?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

No.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, of the households in the Housing First programme at 31 December 2025 who were not yet housed in a stable home had been in the programme for longer than two years and how does that number breakdown by region?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

As at 31 December 2025, there were 281 households in the Housing First programme who were not yet housed in a stable home and had been in the programme for two years or longer. The region breakdown is attached in the Table.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many households, if any, were in the Housing First programme at 31 December 2025 and how many of those households were not yet in a stable home?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

As at 31 December 2025, there were 3,606 households in service of the Housing First programme. There were 1,038 households that were in service that were not yet housed in a stable home. Once someone enters the Housing First programme it…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How is the Ministry of Social Development proactively connecting with local homelessness outreach services to identify and support people without shelter to access Ministry services and products and how many, if any, people were identified…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) that the Ministry has a Tactical Plan for Rough Sleepers in targeted locations – i.e. Auckland, Waikato, Napier, Rotorua, Wellington and Canterbury. This plan builds on…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How, if at all, has the Ministry of Social Development expanded guidance for its staff on using discretion to assess applications for emergency housing grants since March 2025 and what effect, if any, has this had on the number of…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

I’m advised by the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) that the existing policy provides staff with discretion to consider a person’s individual circumstances when considering eligibility for emergency housing (EH). The Ministry…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Income Related Rent Subsidy places have been allocated to providers but are not yet being paid to those providers?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Information on social housing places funded through Budget 2024/25, including those that have been Delivered and Approved, is publicly available on the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's website at: -…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, additional social homes could be funded under the current appropriation for the Income Related Rent Subsidy?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that the appropriation for the IRRS subsidy is fully allocated and no additional social homes could be funded.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), why were some Hendon Ave, Mount Roskill properties sold as Urban Development and Design and others as other vacant land?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that all Hendon Avenue properties are the responsibility of the Kāinga Ora Urban Development and Delivery team and should not have been classified as other vacant land.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), how does Kāinga Ora define “Other vacant land sales”?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities advises me that other vacant sales are the sales of vacant land that are part of the Divestment Programme, and are not related to Kāinga Ora Urban Development and Delivery Large Scale Projects.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), why did Kāinga Ora decide to sell over 40 Mount Roskill properties as part of its “Other vacant land sales" and why was that property originally purchased by Kāinga Ora?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that the 40 Mount Roskill sales were of vacant land through the Urban Development and Delivery Team and were not as “other vacant land sales”. These sales are part of the large-scale…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), does he have confidence in the information he receives about Kāinga Ora’s sales activities and if so, why?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities regularly provides me and its monitoring agency, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, with updates on its sales activities through its monthly and quarterly reporting documents.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), what was the total value of the “other vacant land sales” listings provided and how, if at all, were those funds reinvested into Kāinga Ora?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has provided me with a table (attached) that includes the total value of the “other land sales” of $7,461,501. The $1 sale was to correct an historical issue, where land was sold but an accessway was not…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), how does Kāinga Ora accurately manage and report on its sales activities if sales price information is not recorded centrally and cannot be provided?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises that different business groups at Kāinga Ora sell property for different business purposes. Sale prices of all individual transactions can be provided but there is no business requirement to have…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), for which, if any, of the “other vacant land sales” listings provided with no sales price listed was a sales price centrally recorded and what was the sales price for each of those properties?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has provided the available sales prices in the attachment to WPQ 620 (2026).

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to his reply to Question 57396 (2025), why is the sale price for some sales not centrally recorded?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

I refer the Member to my response to WPQ621 (2026).

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How does Kāinga Ora’s current stock of state housing breakdown by the number of houses built in each decade?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How does Kāinga Ora fund its development of infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects and what significant changes, if any, have been made to its funding methods over the past five years?

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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 funding from the Large Scale Projects (LSPs) comes from three primary sources: Crown funding via the Housing Acceleration Fund (HAF), Kainga Ora land sales from within the LSPs, and…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much, if anything, did Kāinga Ora spend on maintenance for the newest half of its housing stock in 2024/25 and how much was spent on those homes in each of the previous five years?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

I refer the member to the attachment provided by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. This is also my response to WPQ 627 (2026).

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much, if anything, did Kāinga Ora spend on maintenance for the oldest half of its housing stock in 2024/25 and how much was spent on those homes in each of the previous five years?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

I refer the member to my response to WPQ 626 (2026).

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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Matching question numbers: 632 (2026), 633 (2026)

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    How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora spent in each of the past five financial years on all infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects (LSP) and how do those figures breakdown by LSP?

  • 629 (matches this search)

    How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora spent in each of the past five financial years on public space infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects (LSP) and how do those figures breakdown by LSP?

  • 630 (matches this search)

    How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora spent in each of the past five financial years on transport infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects (LSP) and how do those figures breakdown by LSP?

  • 631 (matches this search)

    How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora spent in each of the past five financial years on drinking water infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects (LSP) and how do those figures breakdown by LSP?

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    How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora spent in each of the past five financial years on wastewater infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects (LSP) and how do those figures breakdown by LSP?

  • 633 (matches this search)

    How much, if anything, has Kāinga Ora spent in each of the past five financial years on storm water infrastructure projects in its Large Scale Projects (LSP) and how do those figures breakdown by LSP?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that information on infrastructure spend across the Large Scale Projects (LSP), broken down by financial year, is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the timeframe. Kāinga…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many new homes, if any, were enabled on land developed and delivered by Kāinga Ora in each of the past five financial years through its urban development activities and how do those figures break down by development location?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

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

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many new homes, if any, could be enabled on land developed by Kāinga Ora through its urban development activities in each of the past five financial years and how do those figures break down by development location?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it does not record the number of homes that could have been enabled through its urban development activities. Kāinga Ora also advises me that in 2024/25, Large Scale Projects (LSPs)…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many hectares of land, if any, did Kāinga Ora develop in each of the past five financial years through its urban development activities and how do those figures breakdown by development location?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

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

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How is Kāinga Ora’s tenancy management measure of disruptive behaviour incidents with a decision made in 15 days calculated and what were the statistics used to arrive at the result for the first quarter of 2025/26?

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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 the results reported against this measure take into account disruptive behaviour incidents actioned by Kāinga Ora throughout the first quarter of 2025/26. A period of 15 working days is…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many retrofits, if any, has Kāinga Ora delivered to date in 2025/26 and how does that figure breakdown by location?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What is Kāinga Ora’s full year target for renewals in 2025/26 and how does that figure breakdown by new builds and retrofits?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advise me that their Statement of Intent (SOI) target is to maintain their total housing portfolio (including our social housing, supported housing and transitional housing) size at between 77,800 to…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many new builds, if any, has Kāinga Ora delivered to date in 2025/26 and how does that figure breakdown by location?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that new homes are delivered through the redevelopment of Kāinga Ora land or are acquired new from builders/developers as land and homes. I refer the Member to the attachment provided by Kāinga…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How does the number of Kāinga Ora renewals in the first quarter of 2025/26 breakdown by new builds and retrofits and how do those numbers compare to first quarter deliveries in 2024/25?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

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

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How is Kāinga Ora achieving a reduction in the build costs for its new houses?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it is achieving a reduction in build costs by using a set of standard plans. Standardisation makes the design process more efficient and less costly. These designs have been optimised to…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How has Kāinga Ora refined its development pipeline to prioritise areas of greatest need and how were those areas of greatest need identified?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me it delivers additional social housing in line with expectations set by myself and the Minister of Finance. Identification of areas of greatest need is undertaken by the Ministry of Housing and…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Why has Kāinga Ora’s role in Large Scale Projects been refocused on social housing renewal and how, if at all, will this help the Government improve housing availability and affordability?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Refocusing the LSPs on social housing renewal will help to address concerns that Kāinga Ora had too many, often competing and unfunded objectives. This Government is improving housing affordability by fixing the fundamentals. This means…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How, if at all, do his officials monitor the delivery of social houses funded in Budgets 24 and 25 against the delivery contracts signed with providers and how often, if at all, does he receive advice on progress toward providers…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development monitors providers and provides an update on delivery progress for Ministers every week.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What is the contracted delivery date(s) for social houses funded in Budget 2025 for each of the Community Housing Providers contracted to deliver such houses and how many houses are they contracted to deliver by each date?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

In accordance with Speaker's Ruling 210/6, I do not consider the time and expense of officials manually collating contractual information from providers for over 550 social housing places to be in the public interest. Information on Social…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What is the contracted delivery date(s) for social houses funded in Budget 2024 for each of the Community Housing Providers contracted to deliver such houses and how many houses are they contracted to deliver by each date?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

In accordance with Speaker's Ruling 210/6, I do not consider the time and expense of officials manually collating contractual information from providers for over 1,500 social housing places to be in the public interest.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How does Kāinga Ora calculate its 'redevelopment cost per unit' and what associated costs, if any, are excluded from that calculation?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it determines its average unit costs by dividing the total redevelopment capital expenditure by the number of units completed. This total spend includes professional fees, council charges,…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was Kāinga Ora’s redevelopment cost per unit in 2024/25 and in each of the previous five years?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities has provided me with the following redevelopment expenditure per unit for 2024/25 and the previous five years: 2019/20 $439,075 2020/21 $475,740 2021/22 $540,663 2022/23 $594,199 2023/24 $702,299 2024/25…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total cost of organisational restructuring at Kāinga Ora in 2024/25 and what, if anything, has been the cost of restructuring to date in 2025/26?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that the total cost of organisational restructuring at Kāinga Ora in 2024/25 was $32.27M. There have been no restructuring costs incurred to date in 2025/26.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What opportunities is Kāinga Ora assessing for savings beyond those found in 2024/25 in Urban Development and how much is expected to be saved?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that it is in the early stages of assessing future opportunities for savings beyond those already achieved. There are ongoing savings that will also stem from the embedding of transformation…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How did Kāinga Ora achieve the $68 million savings compared to SPE Budget for FY 26 for Urban Development and how, if at all, will those savings be reallocated?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that the $68 million related primarily to its transformation programme, and included areas such as reset activities, reducing travel and personnel costs, and changing the delivery model. These…