Hon PEENI HENARE (Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing)) on behalf of the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): The waiting list reflects the need for public housing in our community because this Government has placed a strong emphasis on people coming forward and telling us if they need housing support. This has not always been the case prior to September 2017. I will not be committing to a specific date; instead, the Government is ensuring that we bring on more supply through the largest public housing build programme in a generation. Eighteen thousand additional public and transitional homes will be delivered by 2024.