3. Question No. 3—HousingHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 3—Housing3. Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of Housing: Will there be any further delays to the conclusion of the KiwiBuild reset including due to the resignation of the KiwiBuild head of delivery?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): No.Hon Judith Collins: When was the KiwiBuild head of delivery's six-month contract due to be concluded?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: The head of delivery's contract was due to be concluded at the end of September. She started work on 5 February from memory which meant that it could have gone through to the end of October. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Helen O'Sullivan for the wonderful work that she has done in this role.Hon Judith Collins: When does she expect a replacement head of delivery will be appointed?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: The intention is—given that Kāinga Ora is coming into existence—that there will be a temporary head of delivery. Once the new agency is in place then that role will be filled.Hon Judith Collins: How will it impact the success of the $2 billion programme to have first a head of KiwiBuild resign then an interim appointed for four months then a new head leave after five months and now another interim lead while yet another replacement can be found?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: I think the member is trying to cause mischief where there is none. There has been significant progress this year with KiwiBuild under Helen O'Sullivan's leadership. There has been significant reform and we are confident that when we announce the reset we will have made a number of improvements. We are the first people on this side of the House to acknowledge that KiwiBuild has not delivered in the way that we wanted it to.Hon Judith Collins: How is it possible that this Government has after only two years a housing policy in full reset for seven months looking for its third KiwiBuild head a State—SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member's had two now.Hon Judith Collins: Oh. OK then. That's enough. Thank you Mr Speaker.Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: That is possible and actually we've made a number of achievements. We had a target of delivering 1600 additional public housing houses; we have delivered 2100 because of changes we made in Government. I would like to remind that member that this stuff is difficult and that member should know it. She was a member of a Government that aimed to deliver 39000 houses through the special housing areas and they only delivered 3900—100 of which were deemed affordable.Hon Judith Collins: If that is so then how is it that the State waiting list has now doubled in 18 months?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: I'm very glad the member asked me that question. That member was a member of a Government that not only sold off State houses; they ended their term of Government with 1500 fewer public housing spots. But added to that there was the opportunity cost of them not building. If that party when in Government had built 1600 houses a year like we are planning to we would have 14500 more public housing spots which is more than the number of people on the waiting list.Hon Judith Collins: And how many of those 1600 new State houses were consented under the National Government?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Obviously some of them were but what we can tell—[Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! I'm warning Nikki Kaye.Hon Nikki Kaye: I was clapping.SPEAKER: I think it's fair to say that my intervention was not quiet. She continued her disorderly behaviour afterwards.Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Some of them were but what I can tell that member is that many of the developments were added to the business cases by us when we came into Government because that was a Government that was intent on selling off State houses—not building them and not providing affordable houses. We are proud of our record. That member and the party she belongs to should be ashamed of their record on public housing.