Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Vote: Bills — Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Chris Bishop
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hutt South)
KATIE NIMON (National—Napier): I am thrilled to be speaking in the third reading of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Bill. This bill, in its 1,300 pages, just... 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
(68 Ayes – 55 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 | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |