Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Vote: Bills — Resource Management (Duration of Consents) Amendment Bill
— Clause 2 Commencement
🗳️ That the amendment be agreed to
Moved by
Tom Rutherford
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Bay of Plenty)
CHAIRPERSON (Teanau Tuiono): The question is that Arena Williams’ tabled amendment to clause 2, replacing “the day after Royal assent” with “a day set by Order in Council that is after 12 December 2026” be agreed to. Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(55 Ayes – 68 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 | 0 | 11 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 15 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 49 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 4 | 0 |