22 August 2025
Soraiya Daud
[FYI request #31761 email]
Tēnā koe Ms Daud
I write in response to your request to Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities dated 26 July 2025,
for information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act). You wil find responses to each of
your questions below.
1. How much has been spent on indefinitely deferred Roskil Development projects?
Since 2023, three deferrals within the Roskil Large Scale Project (LSP) have occurred. Wesley
West Stages 3-7 and Waikowhai Stages 5-6 were deferred in June 2023 as part of a resequencing
of the wider LSP portfolio. Wesley West Stages 1-2 were deferred as part of Budget 2025, which
reprioritised $125m from the Housing Acceleration Fund.
The table below provides the spend as at 30 June 2025 on deferred stages within the Roskill LSP:
Deferred stages
Spend ($)
Waikowhai stages 5&6
$0.2m
Wesley stages 1&2
$8m
Wesley stages 3-7
-
Total
$8.2m
2. From the original Roskil Development projects how much land has been development,
how much is still intended to be developed and how much land is indefinitely deferred?
The Roskill LSP has had 31 hectares of land enabled to date, 4 hectares of land development is
currently in progress and a further 7 hectares are yet to be developed.
There are 29 hectares of land development which have been deferred in Waikowhai stages 5 & 6
and all 7 stages of Wesley West.
3. Please provide a map il ustrating the status of land in the Roskil development in line
with the previous question.
Below is a map of the active and deferred sites, please note that this map is accurate as at 30
June 2025.
4. How many houses are vacant in the indefinitely deferred developments?
A further 18 houses are currently vacant in Wesley West stage 1. Kāinga Ora is still working
through our plans for these houses, and many are likely to be reinstated and re-tenanted in due
course.
5. What is the condition of homes in cancelled developments specifically the CGI (Portfolio
Average Condition)?
Please refer to the response to question six.
6. What is the expected lifespan of the homes in the indefinitely deferred developments?
Kāinga Ora does not have expected lifespans for our homes. Older homes are more expensive to
maintain and do not provide the same quality of living to our tenants. This is why as part of the
Reset Plan, Kāinga Ora has a goal to complete 11,500 renewals by the 2030 financial year and
renew all pre-1986 homes within 30 years. I can confirm that most homes in Wesley West and
Waikowhai stages 5 & 6 were built pre-1986.
7. Please provide information available on the plans including Masterplanning,
neighbourhood plans for the indefinitely deferred developments.
Please refer to the map above, which provides the plans for the deferred developments.
8. How many homes will be available for new tenants in 2026, 2027 and 2028?
Kāinga Ora builds additional social homes based on the Government direction, which tells us how
many houses are needed and where they are needed. Over the two years to 30 June 2026,
Kāinga Ora wil be adding 2,650 homes to our social housing stock, bringing the total number of
social homes throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to around 78,000.
Kāinga Ora does not currently have any confirmed redevelopments for Wesley West or Waikōwhai
stages 5-6. Kāinga Ora wil deliver 13 homes in Ōwairaka neighbourhood in financial year 2026,
and 10 homes in other parts of the Roskil precinct. The social housing pipeline for financial years
2027 and 2028 is yet to be confirmed.
Please note that Kāinga Ora proactively releases some responses to official information requests
where possible. Our response to your request may be published at
https:/ kaingaora.govt.nz/publications/official-information-requests/, with your personal information
removed.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. There
is Information about how to make a complaint at
https:/ www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by
freephone
on 0800 802 602. Nāku iti noa, nā
Mark Fraser
General Manager – Urban Development and Delivery
