29114 (2026). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Minister of Housing

Written Question

Published date: 13 Jul 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	29114 (2026)
Question asked:	21 Jun 2026
Member asking:	Hon Kieran McAnulty
Portfolio:	Minister of Housing
Minister replying:	Hon Chris Bishop
Answer received:	06 Jul 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_29114_2026
Document guid:	995bdf1b-a6c7-4d8b-9efb-fead052cb83d

29114 (2026). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Minister of Housing: How many people were sleeping rough in each of Tauranga, Whakatāne, New Plymouth, Napier, Whanganui and Waimakariri when the decision to fund support services there, announced on 17 June 2026, was made?

Hon Chris Bishop: The Homelessness Insights Report cites the latest figures for most of these areas. For those areas not described in the Homelessness Insights Report, severe housing deprivation figures are available, supplemented with information from the Housing Dashboard: https://www.hud.govt.nz/stats-and-insights/the-government-housing-dashboard/social-housing