Department of Building and Housing

Department of Building and Housing
Te Tari Kaupapa Whare
Agency overview
Dissolved 2012
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Building and housing sector in New Zealand

The Department of Building and Housing (Te Tari Kaupapa Whare in Māori), previously the Ministry of Housing, was a government agency within the New Zealand government. Its former functions are now incorporated within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

In March 2012 Prime Minister John Key announced that the Department of Building and Housing would be integrated into a new Ministry comprising the Ministry of Economic Development, the Department of Labour, Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Department of Building and Housing.[1] The new Ministry began operating on 1 July 2012.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hartevelt, John (15 March 2012). "Key announces new super ministry". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. ↑ One News (15 March 2012). "New 'super' ministry announced by John Key". Television New Zealand. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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