6. Question No. 6—HousingHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 6—Housing6. Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of Housing: Does she agree with Hon Phil Twyford who said KiwiBuild homes are good quality modest starter homes"? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): Yes. KiwiBuild homes are subject to the same inspection and consenting processes as any other newly built homes in the implicit 10-year warranty under the Building Act in relation to building work and materials. If any defects in the building work emerge within 12 months of build completion the builder has an obligation to fix them. While houses are being constructed to high standards Kāinga Ora advises me that there have been issues raised by five homeowners. None of these are structural issues. It's not unusual for new builds to have issues following build completion and the Building Research Association of New Zealand found in 2017 that the call-back rate on brand new houses was around 80 percent. While 222 KiwiBuild houses have been built five homeowners have raised issues but that's not acceptable so we're fixing them. Hon Judith Collins: What is the longest number of months that KiwiBuild has taken to remedy defects to the satisfaction of the homeowner? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Of the five issues that have been raised with KiwiBuild these have ranged from a few weeks to a few months while issues have been worked through. Hon Judith Collins: Is a quality assurance team included in the KiwiBuild reset announced in September? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Yes. Kāinga Ora is in the process of setting up a quality assurance team and the quality assessor will be in the role by 25 November. Hon Judith Collins: Why has it taken two years for there to be a quality assurance team for KiwiBuild homes? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: That's not the case. This is the Kāinga Ora quality assurance team. Kāinga Ora has only been in existence for a few months. KiwiBuild did have a quality assurance process. Hon Judith Collins: Well if it's so important to have a quality assurance programme then why wasn't that part of the KiwiBuild reset in September? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: I think I'm as confused as the member asking the question is. There is a quality—Hon Gerry Brownlee: That's right—absolutely. Most confused Minister around. SPEAKER: Order! Order! Mr Brownlee I think that's not that helpful for the member sitting in front of you as well as for the Minister. So can the member just—Hon Gerry Brownlee: Well it was a simple affirmation of the Minister's statement. SPEAKER: Well I think he just indicated that the member sitting in front of him was confused and that was not helpful. Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Quality assurance is important to us. That is why Kāinga Ora is setting up a quality assurance unit within it and there will be an assessor in employment by 25 November. I would make the point that as a Government we take the quality seriously. I find it a bit galling to be lectured by members of a party that presided over $400 million worth of botched repairs in Canterbury that we've had to fix up. Hon Judith Collins: Since the KiwiBuild reset was first announced in January this year then why are KiwiBuild buyers still waiting for a quality assurance unit to be set up? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: There are quality assurance processes in place. There always have been with this. I remind the member: 222 houses built; five people have raised complaints. They have been dealt with. I would note to that member that it's very easy not to have complaints when you don't build any houses as that party did when it was in Government."