Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Defence (Workforce) Amendment Bill
— Clause 1 Title
🗳️ That clause 1 be agreed to
Moved by
Ryan Hamilton
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hamilton East)
CHAIRPERSON (Greg O’Connor): Teanau Tuiono’s tabled amendment to the title replacing “Workforce” with “Counter Strike” is out of order as not being an objective description of the bill. Read more →
✓ 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 |