significant numbers of New Zealand homes are inadequately insulated. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) estimates that at least 600,000 houses still have no or inadequate ceiling or underfloor insulation, of which 300,000 are low income households. 65. Māori home ownership rates have declined from 75% in 1926 to 28.2% in 2013. The consequence of this decline in home ownership was an increase in the number of Māori whānau who became long-term renters, either in the private sector or as Housing New Zealand tenants.42 66. Māori make up 15% of the New Zealand population but comprise:43 (a) 34.5% of those who live in severe housing deprivation; (b) 34.5% of all Housing NZ tenants (Social housing); and (c) 28.2% of all Accommodation Supplement recipients. 67. Pasifika make up approximately 7% of the population but comprise: (a) 25% of those who live in severe housing deprivation;44 and (b) 27% of all Housing NZ tenants (Social housing).45 68. Recommendation 7: That the Committee urges the New Zealand Government, working in partnership with Māori and other key groups, to implement a comprehensive plan that identifies actions, builds ownership and measures results to meet the target of the SDG Agenda that all people in New Zealand live in adequate, affordable and safe housing by 2030. The implementation plan should have a particular focus on addressing housing affordability, habitability and security of tenure. Health Outcomes 69. As a group, Māori have poorer health outcomes than non-Māori for many indicators: (a) the life expectancy gap between Māori and non-Māori has been steadily narrowing. The difference in life expectancy for Māori males and non-Māori 42 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, (July 2014), He Whare Āhuru, he Oranga Tāngata: Māori Housing Strategy 2014 - 2025, at p 4. 43 Ibid. 44 University of Otago, Severe Housing Deprivation: The problem and its measurement (2013) 45 Housing New Zealand, Briefing to Incoming Minister (2014). 17