Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Vote: Bills — Fast-track Approvals Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Fast-track Approvals Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Shane Jones
(New Zealand First Party — List Member)
KATIE NIMON (National—Napier): Do you know what is truly despicable? It’s that members opposite talked about respecting Te Tiriti, but guess what! Last week, there was an Amendment Paper put forward to remove Mana Ahuriri from this bill. Mana... 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 |