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An investigation by the Auditor-General has found that on February 9 a new spending category was set up to pay for the land under the Ministry for Housing and Urban Development, but the Government did not seek approval for this, making the payment unlawful until validated by Parliament. The Auditor-General s report uncovers extremely dodgy behaviour from Labour Government ministers as they tried to justify this spending, says National s housing spokesperson Nicola Willis. This is a disgraceful abuse of the law. Ministers are not a law unto themselves with authority to write cheques whenever they wish. They need to get the approval of Parliament first.
Willis asked Dr Woods in Parliament on Wednesday how she could justify using funds to purchase the land at IhumÄtao that were explicitly earmarked in Budget 2020 for KiwiBuild homes .
Budget 2020 states that the Land for Housing Programme is intended to facilitate the development of KiwiBuild affordable homes .Â
Dr Woods said Willis was confused and hadn t looked at the broader purpose of the Land for Housing Programme, which was to acquire land suitable for residential development that it can on-sell to developers .Â
In the case of the IhumÄtao deal, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by the KÄ«ngitanga, the Crown and Auckland Council which sets out how the parties will work together to decide the future of the land.