Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: Securing the recovery is also being supported by a number of other sectors. Statistics New Zealand reported yesterday that building consents issued for new homes hit a record high of 42,848 in the year to April 2021, and this overtook the previous annual high set in March 2021, which in turn bettered the previous record that was set in 1974. Building consents for new homes in the year to April 2021 have now risen 41 percent, or by more than 12,000, compared with 2017.