
09 March 2026
Andrew Riddel
[FYI request #33853 email]
Dear Andrew
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act, received on 25
February 2026. You requested:
A Radio New Zealand report of your comments on the recently released report
on pay equity by the unofficial select committee includes the fol owing attributed
to you:
Wil is said the coalition had built more new state homes this term than the last
government had in a "previously comparable period".
What are the start and finish dates of this "previously comparable period"
How many state houses were built in this period, and how many have been built
in this term of government?
When giving the numbers of state houses constructed, please categorise the
state house numbers as houses that add to the state housing stock and houses
that replace older state houses.
I believe that the information you have requested is more closely connected to the
functions of the Minister of Housing. Accordingly, I have decided under section 14(b)(i )
of the Official Information Act to transfer your request to the Hon Chris Bishop, as the
Minister of Housing.
The Minister of Housing has 20 working days from receipt of this transfer to make a
decision on your request.
Yours sincerely
Hon Nicola Wil is
Minister of Finance