Thursday, 9 September 2004
Vote: Bills — Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment)Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Marian Hobbs
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Wellington Central)
SANDRA GOUDIE (National—Coromandel): I will recap a little. This is special legislation brought in to rush through a major project by sidestepping the Resource Management Act. It is about calling in applications for water takes under questionable... 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 clear majority
(74 Ayes – 44 Noes – 2 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 | 7 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |