5. Question No. 5—HousingRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori) (remote) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 5—Housing5. RAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori) (remote) to the Minister of Housing: Does she stand by all the Government's statements and actions on housing?Hon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing)) on behalf of the Minister of Housing: On behalf of the Minister of Housing yes and in the context in which they were made.Rawiri Waititi: How can she stand by the statement of her predecessor who in 2018 said we're determined to make sure Māori whānau get the benefits of the KiwiBuild home ownership programme" when new figures reveal a pathetic 4.8 percent of KiwiBuild homes have gone to Māori?Hon PEENI HENARE: On behalf of the Minister we can stand by that statement because since then we've looked towards resetting KiwiBuild to make sure that it is accessible to more Māori and other peoples in this country to make sure that our whānau—wherever they might be—can access KiwiBuild homes. But we also stand by that statement because recently this Government has made an over $780 million investment in Māori housing in particular that has seen quite a large number of whānau being able to build their first homes on papakāinga whenua but also being able to create a Māori housing ecosystem in places where Māori housing hasn't been seen for many years.Rawiri Waititi: What specific changes has she or will she put forward to the KiwiBuild programme to ensure greater Māori uptake in light of her own statement that KiwiBuild "isn't shifting the dial enough when it comes to Māori and Pasifika families"?Hon PEENI HENARE: On behalf of the Minister we're looking to make changes aimed at scaling up the delivery of KiwiBuild homes in locations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. This includes looking towards the kinds of houses that we are building typologies that suit a range of needs across our communities and this also includes the delivery of homes that will be suitable for larger families. Both of these things should provide more opportunities for whānau Māori to purchase KiwiBuild homes.Rawiri Waititi: What is her response to Māori housing expert and architect Jade Kake who said the new figures evidenced are "system failure to raise Māori homeownership rates both through KiwiBuild programmes and across the board"?Hon PEENI HENARE: On behalf of the Minister in respect to Ms Kake's quotes I acknowledge that we do need to do more work in KiwiBuild but across the entire Māori housing sector what we've done is we've increased kāinga whenua Māori loans—David Seymour: How much more?Hon PEENI HENARE: —and the member might want to listen up here. We've increased the cap to make sure that we can build houses on papakāinga—kāinga whenua—land. We've also invested in Māori housing that's seeing large-scale Māori housing built across regions such as Taranaki Tairāwhiti and in recent times in the Bay of Plenty. So we've got a large number of work going on in the Māori housing sector and I do want to note that Ms Kake has also continued to support our announcements on Māori housing and I stand by the work of this Government to deliver for Māori on housing.Rawiri Waititi: How can she stand by the Government's record on Māori homeownership when only 4.8 percent—4.8 percent—of KiwiBuild houses went to Māori; last year's Māori housing package has only housed—SPEAKER: Order! The member's got a question in there with a bit of repeating.Hon PEENI HENARE: On behalf of the Minister the reason why I can stand by Māori housing settings made by this Government is because through Whai Kāinga Whai Oranga we've approved over 675 homes 286 Māori-owned and occupied homes to be repaired $5.3 million invested in building capability of Māori housing providers and 850 infrastructure sites enabled. That's why this Government's delivering on Māori housing—something that's never been done in the past—and we're proud of it."