Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Vote: Bills — Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Nicola Willis
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
CARL BATES (National—Whanganui): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think we just heard a trip down memory lane. The member opposite doesn’t even know that it’s called an express lane in a supermarket, because they don’t know how to get things done. They... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Fast-track approvals for infrastructure and mining projects”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Fast-track approvals for infrastructure and mining projects.
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 | 4 |