The Social Services and Community Committee covered wide-reaching topics. Our first was in relation to house price increases, purchases of land for housing by Kāinga Ora, including the proportion of buy-ins by Kāinga Ora. We heard that Kāinga Ora has bought 308 pre-existing properties—0.37 percent of the total real estate in New Zealand. We interrogated the substantial funding for Māori housing. Minister Henare discussed the Government progressing work alongside Māori providers and iwi and hapū to support Māori housing aspirations, and capacity-building was also progressing on the alternative pathways to greater development of papa kāinga housing and whenua Māori. 