Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Education and Training (Early Childhood Education Reform) Amendment Bill
— Clauses 1 to 3
🗳️ That the amendment be agreed to
Moved by
Tom Rutherford
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Bay of Plenty)
CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): Arena Williams’ remaining two tabled amendments to clause 1 are out of order as not being objective descriptions of the bill. The question is that Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan’s tabled amendment to clause 1 replacing “early... 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 |