Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Vote: Bills — Natural Environment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Natural Environment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Chris Bishop
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hutt South)
ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O’Connor): That member could probably benefit from reading a little less of his speech as well, just for the future. Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Replacing the Resource Management Act”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Replacing the Resource Management Act.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(102 Ayes – 21 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 Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 4 |