Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Vote: Bills — Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Penny Simmonds
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Invercargill)
ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O’Connor): The time has come to leave the Chair for the dinner break. The House is adjourned until 7.30 p.m. Sitting suspended from 5.57 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Loosening freshwater rules under the RMA”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Loosening freshwater rules under the RMA.
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 – 54 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 | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 14 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |