Thursday, 30 May 2019
Vote: Bills — Immigration (International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Immigration (International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Iain Lees-Galloway
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Palmerston North)
Dr LIZ CRAIG (Labour): Thank you, Mr Speaker. It’s a pleasure to rise in the third reading of this bill. Down South, we’ve got a lot of iconic destinations. We’ve got Queenstown, we’ve got the Catlins, and we’ve got Milford Sound, but we’ve... Read more →
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |