Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Vote: Bills — Water Services Acts Repeal Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Water Services Acts Repeal Bill be now read a third time
DAVID MacLEOD (National—New Plymouth): Many councils will be breathing a sigh of relief. Many communities will be breathing a sigh of relief. They can now feel assured that the control, management, and ownership is retained where it should be: local. We... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Three Waters”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Three Waters.
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 |