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Question 30298 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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)

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    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?

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    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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  • 30314 (matches this search)

    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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    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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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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Kieran McAnulty

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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 30284 (2026)

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Arena Williams

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    Will the Government's announcement of mandatory safety standards for corded blinds apply to existing blinds in Kainga Ora houses?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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While Kāinga Ora does not routinely install blinds in its homes, where blinds are installed, it will work to comply with any changes to mandatory safety standards for blinds.

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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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Question 30290 (2026)

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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…

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Question 30291 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28731 (2026) and reply 28730 (2026), given that only 283 tenancies had commenced under the additional 300 places, how, if at all, does the Minister reconcile the 674 figure with the number of new tenancies the initiative…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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At the time of this question, 283 tenancies had commenced under the additional 300 Housing First allocation. The 674 figure given in response to WPQ 28731 includes the 283 tenancies through the additional 300 places, and the remainder…

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Question 30292 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28728 (2026), of the 97 households (38%) recorded as having "voluntarily left the service", how many, if any, subsequently re-presented to a homelessness, transitional housing, or emergency housing service within three…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Households are under no obligation to tell MSD or providers where they are moving to when they leave the service (transitional housing).

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Question 30293 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28728 (2026), of the 95 households (37%) recorded as leaving Immediate Access Transitional Housing "for a different unspecified reason", how many, if any, were known to be sleeping rough, in a vehicle, or otherwise without…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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Households are under no obligation to tell MSD or providers where they are moving to when they leave the service (transitional housing).

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Question 30132 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28729 (2026), on what date did the first household enter Immediate Access Transitional Housing, and over what period were the 325 recorded exits measured?

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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I am advised the agreement for the first place was agreed on 3 November 2025, and the first households in service were reported on 7 November 2025. I am further advised that the period of time over which the 325 exits were recorded is from…

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Question 30133 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28874 (2026), what target exit-to-long-term-housing rate, if any, has been set for Immediate Access Transitional Housing, and does the Minister consider the current 19% rate to be on track to meet it?

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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 specific exit-to-long-term-housing targets have not been set for Immediate Access Transitional Housing. As I noted in my response to WPQ 28874, I am advised that immediate access transitional housing, in particular, has…

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Question 30134 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28875 (2026), as 5% of the 1,421 outreach support activities resulted in a household being housed, what total funding was provided to outreach services over that period, and what is the resulting cost per household housed?

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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 Outreach spend to date is commercially sensitive as the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport is currently negotiating with providers to extend the service into other regions. It would also not be…

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Question 30135 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28936 (2026), how many households does the Minister expect the new $2.7 million for the six additional locations to support, and what target outcomes attach to that funding?

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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 contracts in the six additional locations are currently being finalised.

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Question 30136 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28870 (2026) and reply 28936 (2026), as the $14.5 million is drawn from the transitional housing appropriation, is this new money or a reprioritisation of existing transitional housing funding, and what is reduced…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The $14.5 million is being reprioritised from a forecast underspend in the transitional housing appropriation in FY2027.

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Question 30137 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28877 (2026), of the 948 households currently in transitional housing who were rough sleeping before being housed, what is the median length of stay to date, and how many have been in transitional housing for more than six…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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The median length of stay for the 948 households currently in transitional housing who were rough sleeping before being housed is 16 weeks. The median length of stay for all households currently in transitional housing is 20 weeks. Out of…

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Question 30138 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    Further to reply 29021 (2026), as the latest three months of Housing First data are revised each month, will the Minister release both the original and revised figures for each of the last six months so the scale of those revisions can be…

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Hon Tama Potaka

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

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There are currently no plans in place to release the original figures alongside the revised figures for the last six months of Housing First.

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Question 30139 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28873 (2026), what is the total cost of lease payments to date on social housing places that have been leased but not yet tenanted under the additional 300-place programme?

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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 it is not readily possible to identify the costs in this way given how leasing costs are billed by providers contracted to the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions & Transport.

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Question 30140 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28730 (2026), in Wellington, why do 35 signed leased properties correspond to only 30 commenced tenancies, and how long have those five leased-but-untenanted properties stood vacant?

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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 leases are of necessity signed before tenancies can commence, and that there is a lag between leases being signed and tenancies being signed and households moving into their new homes. I am further advised that one of the…

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Question 30142 (2026)

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    Further to reply 28876 (2026), which referred only to replies 28729 (2026) and 28728 (2026), does the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development hold any record of the living situation or address of households at the point they exited…

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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 that there are no further records that are held of the address of households at the point they exited immediate access transitional housing or their exact living situations. Households voluntarily provide their situation…

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Question 29962 (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 22 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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HUD 22/06/2026 Going for Housing Growth June 2026 workstream update and June 2026 outputs and milestone update HUD 22/06/2026 Note on Utilities Access Act review and other emerging infrastructure issues KO 25/06/2026 Kāinga Ora Status…

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Question 29963 (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 22 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 title(s) of 4 paper(s) has been withheld in accordance with SR 199/6 as it is under active consideration and it is not in the public interest to release. 22-Jun HUD2026-009933 Draft initial briefing to select committee - Residential…

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Question 30067 (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 22 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 30068 (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 22 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 22 June 2026.

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Question 29568 (2026)

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Dan Rosewarne

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    What correspondence, including emails and letters, if any, has he received from Hon Matt Doocey regarding the Pegasus Golf Course for the month beginning 22 May 2026?

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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 have not received any correspondence from Hon Matt Doocey regarding the Pegasus Golf Course during the month starting 22 May 2026. I refer the Member to my response to 29566 (2026).

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    What correspondence, including emails and letters, if any, has he received from Hon Matt Doocey regarding the Pegasus Golf Course for the month beginning 8 May 2026?

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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 have not received any correspondence from Hon Matt Doocey regarding the Pegasus Golf Course during the month starting 8 May 2026. I refer the Member to my response to 29567 (2026).

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Question 29583 (2026)

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Kieran McAnulty

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    Does he accept the findings of the Homelessness Insights report released on 17 June 2026, including the reported 31 percent increase in people discharged from hospital to no fixed abode since 2023 and the 23.7 percent increase in people…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

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No. It is not a case of "accepting" these findings. The report is the report. Homelessness is a real problem for NZ. It got worse between 2017-2023 and it is still a problem now. Solving it will not be easy.