Hon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister for Building and Construction): Kia ora e te Māngai o te Whare. I've seen a report from Statistics New Zealand which shows the number of new homes consented in the year ended 30 September 2021 is at a record high of 47,331. This is an increase of 25 percent from the September 2020 year. We reached a milestone earlier this year in March 2021 when we consented more homes to be built than any other Government in a year since the 1970s. Now, for a seventh month in a row, we have continued to outperform these records while the sector has remained resilient in spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19.