14060 (2026). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister for Energy

Written Question

Published date: 28 Apr 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	14060 (2026)
Question asked:	14 Apr 2026
Member asking:	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Portfolio:	Minister for Energy
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	21 Apr 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_14060_2026
Document guid:	4566f7ea-619b-4ed7-8d7a-c0e42cd95346

14060 (2026). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister for Energy: How much investment, if any, has been made into domestic energy resilience, including solar, battery storage, and microgrids?

Hon Simeon Brown: The Government has committed $28 million from the Community Renewable Energy Fund, $14 million from the Māori Housing Renewable Energy Fund and $2.5 million to support a combination of Māori housing, community-based or demonstration renewable energy projects to build energy resilience in communities and trial innovative ways to store and distribute locally generated electricity. A list of projects supported by these funds can be found on MBIE and EECA's websites.