35493 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Housing

35493 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Housing: How many vacancies, if any, were advertised by the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, from January to June 2024, and how many total applicants, if any, were received for those vacancies?

Hon Chris Bishop: Kainga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that this detailed information is not centrally recorded. Providing this information would require Kainga Ora to request the raw data from an external source and then process and verify the data. This would divert a significant amount of staff resources from their core duties. In accordance with Speaker's Ruling 210/6, I consider that the time, and hence the expense, of answering the Member's question is not in the public interest. I am also advised that between January and July 2024, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development advertised 13 jobs, with a total of 425 applicants.