Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Vote: Bills — Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Children and Young People’s Commission Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Maungakiekie)
TĀMATI COFFEY (Labour): Thank you, Madam Speaker. Child protection, especially in a New Zealand context, is always emotive. We’ve long-known that policy can be driven by moral panic, overdetermined by either the death or abuse of children... 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
(64 Ayes – 55 Noes – 1 Absent)
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 | 10 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| New Zealand Labour | 64 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 33 |
| Te Paati Māori | 0 | 2 |