KiwiBuild timeline: November, 2012: Labour Leader David Shearer launches the KiwiBuild policy 2014 – 2017: Labour campaigns on KiwiBuild November 8, 2017: The speech from the throne confirms the Government would build 100,000 homes through its KiwiBuild policy December 19, 2017: Twyford sets up interim KiwiBuild Unit to help facilitate the building of the homes March 25, 2018: Government purchases 29ha of land at Unitec in Auckland to build KiwiBuild homes April 28, 2018: Construction begins on the first KiwiBuild homes May 8, 2018: Twyford launches the "Buying off the Plans" scheme July 4, 2018: People are invited to register their expressions of interest to buy a KiwiBuild home – close to 6000 people register interest in 24 hours September – October, 2018: Government opens ballots on a number of KiwiBuild homes across the country October 27, 2018: First people move into KiwiBuild home December 18, 2018: KiwiBuild home start grant announced January 28, 2019: KiwiBuild boss Stephen Barclay resigns amid an employment investigation – sues the Government for wrongful dismissal January 30, 2019: Government scraps KiwiBuild interim targets and launches recalibration May 8, 2019: Twyford and Ardern could not commit to KiwiBuild's 100,000-homes target May 9, 2019: Judith Collins calls for Twyford's resignation and the scrapping of KiwiBuild
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