Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Education and Training (Early Childhood Education Reform) Amendment Bill
— Part 2 Consequential amendments to other legislation, and Schedule 2
🗳️ That the amendment be agreed to
Moved by
Dr Vanessa Weenink
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Banks Peninsula)
CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): Shanan Halbert’s tabled amendment to Schedule 1, inserting “and is still held” into clause 128 of new Part 7 of Schedule 1, is out of order as not being in the correct form of legislation. The question is that Shanan... Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(55 Ayes – 68 Noes)
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🏛️ 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 |