Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Vote: Bills — Climate Change Response (2050 Target and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Climate Change Response (2050 Target and Other Matters) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
RYAN HAMILTON (National—Hamilton East): Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is like precision surgery. It’s removing the cancerous “greenwashing” tumour with practical economic and environmental logic—the two can co-exist. This is a very practical bill. I...
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 52 Noes – 3 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 | 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 | 1 |