Hon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister for Building and Construction): Kia orana. Noa'ia 'e Mḁuri, Mr Speaker.  I've seen a report from Statistics New Zealand that shows that a record 41,028 new homes have been consented in the year ending March 2020-21—an all-time high. In March 2020-21 alone, 4,128 new homes were consented, the highest number since the 1940s. A decade ago, the annual number of new homes consented was 14,611. Ten years on, the annual number of new homes consented has risen by 181 percent. These figures show that the Government's commitment to responding to increased housing demand is delivering the warm, dry, safe, and durable houses that New Zealand needs.