Bishop’s Spin Can’t Hide National’s Failure To BuildNational’s latest press release is an attempt to bury another housing failure. “Chris Bishop is claiming credit for 3000 social homes in Auckland, but his Government has actually built just 533 across the whole country,” Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said. “This Government has slashed Kāinga Ora's build programme, sold public homes and watched construction grind to a halt. “Families on the waiting list don't care how many times Chris Bishop recycles the same homes in a press release. He can't build enough homes, so he's trying to build a better headline instead,” Kieran McAnulty said.