37217 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Housing

Written Question

Published date: 17 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	37217 (2025)
Question asked:	31 Jul 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Housing
Minister replying:	Hon Chris Bishop
Answer received:	12 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_37217_2025
Document guid:	8a485408-a638-431a-972b-164e8991c322

37217 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Housing: How many staff, if any, in headcount terms did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, have on 1 July 2025 and how many of these staff, if any, were union members?

Hon Chris Bishop: At 30 June 2025, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development had a headcount of 292 employees, of which 49% were union members. Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that as at 30 June 2025, it had 2,634 members of staff and 1,158 of those were union members.