Mitchell Mark: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Mitchell Mark: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 29 November 2012. Volume:686;Page:6945. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
7. 
MARK MITCHELL (National—Rodney) 
 to the  
Minister of Energy and Resources 
: What recent announcement has he made about the Warm Up New Zealand programme? 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY (Minister of Energy and Resources) 
: 
 It was my pleasure to announce today that the insulation programme has reached its original target of insulating 188500 homes ahead of schedule and ahead of budget. This successful programme has directly improved the living conditions of many thousands of New Zealanders. The programme has also supported manufacturing in New Zealand and created approximately 2000 jobs. Anecdotal evidence tells us that tenants and homebuyers are now far more likely to ask about the insulation of a house they want to buy or rent because they know it will be warmer drier and healthier. I would like to thank the Maori Party and the Green Party for their support of this worthwhile programme. 
Mark Mitchell 
: What does the Government now expect to deliver for the budget of $347 million? 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY 
: Earlier this year the Government announced that the scheme will be extended to insulate a further 41500 homes taking the total to 230000 for the original funding of $347 million. In particular I would like to highlight the difference the scheme has made to low-income New Zealanders. Under the original target 60000 low-income homes were to be insulated. This target was increased to 88000 homes. We now expect to insulate 105000 low-income homes in total—45000 more than the original target. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: Could the Minister tell us what role he had to play in agreeing with the Maori Party to have pilot programmes for Ngati Porou on the east coast of the North Island and Ngapuhi in Northland two of the warmest areas in the country where Maori live while leaving the rest of the Maori population in freezing cold places freezing? 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY 
: One of the beauties of this programme is that it is open to every family in New Zealand to take part because we believe that regardless of their geographical position in this country or their income they deserve to live more warmly if they choose to do so and take up this subsidy. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Supplementary question Te Ururoa Flavell. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: Kia ora tatou. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I beg your pardon. The Maori Party has actually already used its allocation of questions this week. Is National meant to have— 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: No you are not allowed to do a late notification. That is what you told us sweetie. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Order! I have to be absolutely fair in this and the members on my left remind me that I did not allow a question to be transferred that I had not been advised of in reasonably recent time. It would be unfair to allow a transfer that I had not been advised of from the members on my right. I accept the member’s point. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: I seek leave of the House to allow for this question to be put to the House. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Leave is sought for that course of action. Is there any objection? There is objection. 
John Hayes 
: What specific progress has been made in reaching the milestone negotiated by the Maori Party in the 2011 relationship accord with National for 20000 low-income homes to be targeted for home insulation in the Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart programme? 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY 
: Of the 20000 homes that the Maori Party negotiated to insulate we have done 16000. Clearly—and this is to help David Parker—that means there are 4000 left to do. I am just helping him with the maths there. But actually overall we will be doing about 105000 low-income households—if David Parker can deal with those calculations.